Allen Lazard Week 12 Outlook - Bears at Jets

By Derek Brown (FantasyPros), Thu, Nov 24th 2022, 1:05pm EST

Lazard is the WR23 in fantasy with a 21.9% target share from Rodgers and 33.3% of the team's air yards. He's fifth in deep targets and ninth in red zone targets. Lazard is 27th in PFF receiving grade and 37th in yards per route run (minimum 25 targets). Lazard is a talented wide receiver, but not up to the skill level to overcome top-corner matchups. Trevon Diggs was able to shut him down in Week 10. Lazard's best hope for a solid day is that 46.2% of his target volume comes via the slot away from Darius Slay (50% catch rate, 51.0 passer rating) and James Bradberry (44.8% catch rate, 43.7 passer rating). Lazard will run about 57% of his routes on the perimeter against this tandem, so he better make the slot targets count. Lazard is a low-end WR2/high-end WR3.