I think that could be taken 1 of 2 ways. I'm not certain he meant, "i'm outta here" with that statement. I think it was more, his first game was against the Lions at home. Then he was saying IF we lost this would be potentially his last game as a Packer, also against the Lions at home. Since the game was already played, and we did lose, his potential last game as a Packer was against the lions at home. Had we won, it would not have potentially been his last game as a Packer anymore. The next game might have been.
Now I fully expect someone else to pay him more money than we offered, but i'm not sure it means what everyone is taking it to mean.
It was that he added "and it was" in a way that I didn't even question for a moment what he meant. He is not coming back to GB, I think he has loved his time here and the chance GB took on him, but he wanted an extension this past off season and is not happy about it....and depending on what he desired (if reasonable) or such he may have a valid reason to be a little annoyed (closed door discussions we may never know about).
Some GM will pay Lazard more than he's worth. He's a third or 4th WR that can block but doesn't do much after the catch. He doesn't separate very well and is one of the reasons the team struggled in the red zone. I love to have him back as a no. 3 or 4 but not at 10 million or more per year. Call it a cap casualty.
Everyone always says he doesn't get separation and such, but I have always questioned this. A guy that struggles so mightedly with this trait wouldn't be a 1st down convertor like he is, especially when faced with 3rd down and must get situations.
In 2019 season, he saw 23 targets on 3rd or 4th downs, caught 16 of them and 15 were conversions.
An astounding 75% of his 2022 receptions went for first downs...72.5% in 2021 and 69.7% in 2019.
For reference Davante in recent years (I checked last six) only broke 70% once. Now that of course doesn't mean he is a better WR than Adams, but that level of efficient conversion is quite high and signals he can and does get open when it matters a lot. No he isn't a home run type....but he is a deeper catcher than many think with a 13.2 career yards per catch which is actually more than Adams, Jordy for reference was 14.0, Driver a 13.6 and James Jones 13.5.
Lazard is far far more than a WR4, not a WR1 either though of course. Roster construction controls what he is WR2 or WR3, but regardless of which you want to place on him - I would be absolutely shocked if whatever team he goes to he doesn't end up averaging the second most snaps or more of all WRs on the team when healthy.
