According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the New York Jets are actively trying to sign wide receiver Allen Lazard away from the Green Bay Packers, although a deal isn’t yet done.
Lazard is an unrestricted free agent, and the Jets signing him would be another sign that Rodgers is soon headed to New York via trade.
After the 2022 season, Rodgers specifically mentioned Lazard among the teammates he’d like to keep playing with if he returned to football in 2023.
“This game is about relationships,” Rodgers told “The Pat McAfee Show.” “It’s about the guys you rely on, even if they don’t show up huge in the stat book.