After months of questions and speculation, Allen Lazard has finally signed his second-round restricted free agent tender and is going to play for the Green Bay Packers in 2022 for $ 3.986 million. That was the obvious part.
First, it was improbable that a team would give Lazard a contract the Packers would refuse to match, plus be willing to pay Green Bay a second-round pick. Then, the time for other teams to give him an offer sheet had passed. Therefore, Lazard's only option was to play for the Packers. The delay to sign the tender was just a matter of possible negotiations for a new contract, and also a way for him to not attend mandatory minicamp without fines.