Lazard signed back to the Packers Practice Squad
SPECIAL: On Allen Lazard's fight to make the Green Bay Packers
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Disappointing, but there are worse ways to make a living.
Just an FYI. Min salary for practice squad players is $8,000 a week which is $136,000 for a 17 week season. Hopefully he gets healthy and keeps grinding.
Dang, 8,000 a week. Wish I was a little bit taller
I would take that kind of cash to practice football.
Its just plan hard to make a living in the NFL, good luck to Lazard, he just needs a break or two and he can make some decent money.
...I wish I was a baller...I wish I had a girl who looked good I would call her...
$8,000 a week is great, but a rookie on the 53 man roster makes $480,000 per year. Lazard is a 2nd year player, so he would make a little more.
The NFL is brutal, none of the contracts are guaranteed, just the signing bonus, its not like the NBA or MLB, where if they cut or release you, they still have to pay you if under contract.
The NFL, you have to make the team, each and every year, and the salary for fringe players is always on the front offices mind to stay under the cap.
The NFL is brutal, none of the contracts are guaranteed, just the signing bonus, its not like the NBA or MLB, where if they cut or release you, they still have to pay you if under contract.
The NFL, you have to make the team, each and every year, and the salary for fringe players is always on the front offices mind to stay under the cap.
Sorry, I can’t call making a minimum of $480K and actually having to work for it “brutal”.
Work for it and taking impacts the equivalent of multiple car crashes every week are a bit different.
My chances of paralysis and having a lasting injury are pretty low at my job.
Football is a rough game. The NFL is a ruthless meat grinder
I took the “NFL is brutal” comment as referring solely to the absence of guaranteed contracts, in relation to MLB and the NBA.
Pretty sure that both worker’s compensation laws and collective bargaining ensure that if an NFL player gets hurt at work, they’re going to get paid.
How physical are the practices? I'd assume not very...practice squad might be the safest (physically) job outside the kickers and punter.
My son and I both played line in college with and against future NFL players. Unless you have been in the trenches it is impossible to understand the physical nature of the sport at that level. Yes, it is brutal but it is also a chance to unload a legal hit which is not allowed in the rest of our society outside of athletics. We both have permanent injuries but would do it again in a heartbeat.
Wow, great news for Lazard. Not sure how often he will be "active" but still shows what Packers think of him.
Sooo, has he been practicing at the TE spot? Or do they not need the extra tight-end and just want him on the roster.
Great news! When I saw Sternberger was going to the IR, I thought Lazard might get promoted. Not sure if he'll play much on offense, but I imagine he'll get some special teams action on Thursday.
They had 4 TEs on the active roster, so losing 1 doesn't hurt them.
