Lazard is entering the third season of a four-year, $44 million contract, albeit after taking a pay cut to stick with the Jets. The first year of the deal was a disaster, with Lazard even being a healthy scratch at one point, but he rebounded in 2024 and scored six touchdowns in 12 games. He didn't do a ton apart from the TDs, especially after the Jets traded for WR Davante Adams, averaging 3.2 targets over the final five weeks of the season (when Lazard, Adams and Garrett Wilson all were healthy). Lazard has a chance to compete for the No. 2 WR job this summer after Adams left for Los Angeles, but the job is unlikely to entail a large number of targets in an offense with Justin Fields at quarterback. There's also the matter of Lazard turning 30 before the end of the season, and the fact he's never enjoyed much success catching passes from a quarterback besides Aaron Rodgers. Anything more than four or five targets per game would be a major surprise.
