Allen Lazard is having himself a great training camp. After grinding through the league, Lazard is having his moment in the National Football League. Lazard is a beasty player being 6’4 and physically gifted receiver. He and Darrius Shepherd are making it very difficult on the Green Bay Packers as to who they’re keeping at wide receiver. There is no way that the Packers can sneak Lazard on the practice squad. Some team will find a roster spot for him. It doesn’t hurt Lazard’s case that he got the Aaron Rodgers vote of confidence. While that does not guarantee a roster spot, it does help things to have the best player on the roster in your corner.

Aaron Rodgers singled out Allen Lazard, in the best way possible.

Rodgers: "He's made a bunch of plays, always showing up on special teams & does the right things in practice. Allen is definitely good enough to be an NFL player. He's had a fantastic training camp." #Packers

— Lily Zhao (@LilySZhao) August 19, 2019

What Green Bay will do at wide receiver fascinates me. We know that Davante Adams, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Jake Kumerow will make the team. Geronimo Allison is rather safe, but he could be a guy who Brian Gutekunst works in a trade. He has a similar profile to Lazard, and Packers would likely get value for Allison. Trevor Davis and J’Mon Moore are on the wrong side of the bubble with some questions around Equanamious St. Brown. It’s highly unlikely Green Bay will keep more than six receivers, but you could honestly build a case for it to start the 53-man roster.

The worst-case scenario for the Packers is Lazard gets let go and ends up on an NFC roster especially an NFC North team. If Lazard ends up on the Minnesota Vikings, Chicago Bears or Detroit Lions, that’s going to be bad news for everyone involved. This is something that obviously Green Bay cannot control, and I’m sure those teams are paying attention to Lazard.

We’ll see what happens with the wide receiver battle.

Charlie.