Aaron Rodgers continues to be not a Jet, however he’s figuring out like one.
Rodgers and vast receiver Allen Lazard — the quarterback’s former teammate with the Packers and potential teammate with the Jets — are figuring out in California collectively, in response to Lazard’s Instagram account.
Lazard, who signed a four-year take care of the Jets final month, posted a photograph of the pair operating at what seems to be like a highschool soccer subject.
“All the time smokin previous this dude,” Lazard captioned the Instagram Story.
Whereas the Jets and Packers are nonetheless haggling over the commerce compensation for Rodgers, this photograph is an illustration that the Jets don’t want him to be within the offseason program for him to work with Jets gamers.
There may be nothing to cease Rodgers, 39, from gathering extra Jets ability gamers in California, or he may come to New Jersey and work with them.
That’s one motive why the Jets don’t have any urgency to get a commerce executed instantly.
Not that Lazard is nervous, nonetheless.
“No, there’s no fear on my finish,” the 27-year-old wideout mentioned in an interview with TMZ. “Particularly realizing that Aaron has his full-on dedication to be a New York Jet this yr, and simply sort of realizing it’s actually on the blokes upstairs to deal with the enterprise facet of issues and work out what’s payable or compromisable for this entire factor to go down.”
As Lazard and the remainder of Gang Inexperienced await Rodgers’ official arrival, the Jets signed one other ex-Packer in quarterback Tim Boyle this week.
The transfer caught Lazard’s consideration.
“Yessir @timboyle_8,” he wrote on Instagram. “Rally the troops!!!”
What Boyle’s function could also be is but to be decided, with head coach Robert Saleh stating final week that Zach Wilson would be the workforce’s No. 2 pass-thrower.
The Jets have Chris Streveler on the roster as nicely, that means Boyle might not make it previous coaching camp.
