GREEN BAY – Packers tight end Robert Tonyan could chat forever about two players he's closest with on the team – Allen Lazard and Marcedes Lewis.
He appreciates them beyond measure.
With Lazard, it's a friendship (and locker neighbor-ship) that grew from both undrafted players fighting for the same roster spot during training camp in 2019. Tonyan won it, Lazard was initially relegated to the practice squad before getting activated, and both found their way to being significant contributors in Green Bay the past four seasons.
"When you have that bond with someone you know everything about them and what they're thinking and vice versa, so when you go out on the field, it's just so comfortable," Tonyan said about Lazard after the Packers' 2022 season wrapped up.