GREEN BAY, Wis. – In hockey lingo, the tough-guy enforcer is known as a “goon.”
That’s also the role of Allen Lazard in the Green Bay Packers’ deep receiver corps.
“I like to call him our goon, and he’s an enforcer,” coach Matt LaFleur said on Sunday.
Listed at 6-foot-5 and 227 pounds, Lazard looks the part. While receivers are looked upon to make big plays and create first downs – and Lazard can do that – he’s also the one ready, willing and able to do the dirty work.
The proof is in the pudding.