Bakhtiari and Gregg are the only Packers tackles in the past 60 years to receive first-rate All-Pro honors. Bakhtiari was also elected to his third Pro Bowl last month, after playing 758 offensive snaps in 12 games this season. He was placed on reserve due to injury last week with a knee injury at the end of the season.
Adams, who received 49 votes for first place, is the first recipient of the Packers to achieve All-Pro recognition since Antonio Freeman in 1998. Last season, the four-time Pro Bowler broke Sterling Sharpe’s one-season franchise record in receptions (115) and drew Sharpe in the TD receptions of one season of the team with 18, despite playing only 14 games.
Adams, who had a team of 1,374 receiving yards in 2020, is the first player in NFL history to record more than 100 receptions and more than 18 receiving TDs in one season. He led the NFL in receiving TDs, receiving yards per game (98.1) and receptions per game (8.2), becoming the first NFL player to lead the league in all three categories since Sharpe in 1992.
Linsley also made his debut on the first All-Pro team. His 18 votes for first place were 10 more than Indianapolis pivot Ryan Kelly. The seventh-year pro started all 13 games in which he appeared at the center and helped the Packers tie for second place in the NFL in permitted sacks (21), the fourth lowest number of Packers in a 16-game season. He was a valuable member of a line that allowed a sack or zero sack in the 13 best games in the league, with the most draws in the team’s history (2004), including four games of sack zero, the maximum for Green Bay since 2008 (four)
Smith started all 16 competitions and tied for fourth place in the NFL with 12½ sacks and third with the four best forced fumbles of his career (mostly by a Packers defender since LB Julius Peppers posted four in 2014).
The two-time Pro Bowler also led Green Bay and qualified in the top 10 among NFL linebackers in QB strikes (23, second) and tackles for a loss (12, tied for sixth).
Alexander is the first Packers defensive back to receive All-Pro recognition since Ha Ha Clinton-Dix. The third year cornerback started all 15 games in which he played and led the team with 13 defended passes. He also won his first Pro Bowl nomination this season after registering 49 tackles (39 solo), a sack, an interception and a forced fumble.
Left guard Elgton Jenkins, safety Adrian Amos and kicker Mason Crosby also received votes from the All-Pro.