Packers 2023-24 Season Thread

Lazard in his interview~

Green Bay Packers receiver Allen Lazard, an Iowa native who played at Iowa State, is no stranger to the cold and snow of the Midwest. With free agency approaching, he said he wouldn’t mind seeing if the sun was brighter and warmer on the other side of the fence.

“I think everybody would prefer the sun over the cold. I think that’s just a natural human instinct,” Lazard said on SiriusXM NFL Radio with hosts Bruce Murray and Rich Gannon on Wednesday.

Lazard is 27. Other than spending most of his rookie season with the Jacksonville Jaguars, he is a Midwest lifer.

“I kind of want to venture out and live in a different region,” he said. However, he added, “at the end of the day, this is my career and I’m going to take it wherever it needs me to go to get to where I want to go as far as my individual career.”

Lazard wasn’t quite the No. 1 receiver that Aaron Rodgers hyped him to be in the wake of the Davante Adams trade, but he set career highs with 60 receptions and 788 yards in 15 games.

The timing was impeccable, with Lazard slated to be one of the top receivers available in free agency.

“I think all players wish to be in this position at some point in their career,” Lazard said. “Having played a good season and having the option to play wherever you truly desire, I’m definitely excited to hear and see all the teams that will be interested and to see what the best option is.”

Returning to the Packers is an option – he said agent Peter Schaffer has been in contact with the team. The weather notwithstanding, Green Bay has set a high bar for his expectations.

“I’ve been very spoiled the past four, five years to be in the Packers organization,” he said. “I think they’re obviously a first-class organization with how they go about the relationship with the fans, how they treat their players – just the whole experience there.
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Lazard wasn’t sure which way Rodgers was leaning about the 2023 season. Rodgers’ decision might factor in Lazard’s decision but, ultimately, after playing on a series of one-year contracts, Lazard is looking for security.

And perhaps some warmth.

“This next place,” he said, “I would like it to be somewhere I could see myself living for an extended period of time.”
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He's pissed since GB would not extend him before the season last year. He was given the chance to step up into a number one role and failed. He's slow as a turtle and is more of a blocking WR than anything else. He's a low end #2 if not more of a #3. I don't think he's going to find a large market for him even more so being 27 years old. There will be cheaper, younger, faster WR's to find.
 
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