Allen Lazard not nervous about Aaron Rodgers’ Jets commerce breaking down
Allen Lazard is just not involved concerning the Aaron Rodgers stalemate.
Whereas the Jets and Packers have nonetheless not consummated a deal for Rodgers, the brand new Jets wideout is just not on pins and needles concerning the thought of a commerce falling by.
“No, there’s no fear on my finish,” the 27-year-old Lazard stated in an interview with TMZ.
“Particularly understanding that Aaron has his full-on dedication to be a New York Jet this 12 months, and simply form of realizing it’s actually on the fellows upstairs to deal with the enterprise aspect of issues and work out what’s payable or compromisable for this entire factor to go down.”
Lazard signed a four-year deal with the Jets worth $44 million this offseason.
Talking for his new teammates, he stated that everybody would love the deal to get performed, however there’s no main purpose for urgency simply fairly but.
“Lots of us are clearly looking forward to this to get by,” Lazard stated.
“I do know I used to be final week, earlier than I had all my stuff happening and every little thing, however the magnificence is we don’t play a sport till September.
“We haven’t even began OTAs but, so there’s actually no rush to get this performed or something. I do know that after it goes by and we’re capable of get within the classroom collectively and on the sector collectively we’re going to start out cooking up one thing particular.”
Along with Rodgers, Lazard cited Jets offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett as a significant purpose why he wished to affix the staff.
Hackett and Lazard labored collectively in Inexperienced Bay from 2019-2021.
Lazard additionally spent the summer season of 2018 as an undrafted free agent with the Jaguars, the place Hackett was offensive coordinator on the time.
There was little motion on the Aaron Rodgers entrance since he told Pat McAfee last week that he “intends” to be a Jet.
ESPN’s Adam Schefter said earlier this week that the Jets and Packers are in a “standoff.”
“They’ve gone forwards and backwards on this, they usually haven’t spoken a lot within the final week, but it surely actually sounds just like the Inexperienced Bay Packers need a first-round draft choose someplace in that commerce — and that’s not all,” Schefter stated.
“So, it’s up to the Jets to figure out what they’re comfortable living with, and what the Packers are comfortable accepting, and then the two sides can go from there.”