With Davante Adams in Vegas and Marquez Valdes-Scantling in Kansas City, the door is wide open for Allen Lazard. Allen Lazard recently did an interview with Tommy Birch, who works for the Des Moines Register. Lazard feels confident in his ability to fill Davante Adams’ void on the team.
On Friday Lazard was at the Iowa Cubs game to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Afterwards he had this to say about his time with Green Bay this upcoming year:
“I think just our repertoire and our history, it’s obviously a major amount of comfortability between us two (Lazard and Rodgers)— just understanding the game and understanding what he wants,” Lazard said. “I think that’s probably the biggest challenge for anybody playing with him, especially young guys, is just understanding what he’s thinking in the moment.”
Lazard then went om to comment on Adams’ departure:
“Talk about the elephant in the room,” Lazard said. “Davante leaving and everything creates a lot more opportunities for everybody. I’m pretty excited about that as an individual. Even our room more so, just to be able to spread the ball around, the guys that we were able to add to our room this year — I’m very excited to work with them and see them blossom.”
Lazard even touched on free agency and his future:
“It’s a different journey than I expected to take but I’m still extremely grateful and blessed with the opportunity the Packers have given me the past few years,” Lazard said.
“But obviously with free agency approaching and everything, I’m just going to stay focused on this year. I know the success that I will have this year on the field, especially the team success, will help line up everything next year going into free agency.”
Allen Lazard’s best season came in 2021, when Lazard set career highs in receptions (40), receiving yards (513) and receiving touchdowns (eight). Lazard hauled in Rodgers’ 443rd career touchdown pass with the Packers, breaking the franchise mark of 442. With Adams gone and Lazard back for another season, those numbers should go up.
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