Eddie Lacy Still Not At Target Weight· Page 2

DakotaT
Select Member

8 years ago

Professional athletes shouldn't need incentives to be in playing shape. The problem is in Lacy's mind!

I just saw a little video of Sitton the other day. He's dropped 20 lbs to help with his back pain and increases his agility. I guess it could be said that he's in a contract year, but I think it is more about career longevity with Sitton.

DarkaneRules
Veteran Member

8 years ago

#12

I cannot imagine how painful having a bad back is when your a football player, but especially an offensive lineman. I'm happy to see this. I wanted his career to continue but only if he made some changes to help play closer to 100%.

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Barfarn
Senior Member

8 years ago

#13

Originally Posted by: DakotaT

Agreed 10,000%!

Drafting or giving a 2nd contract to guys with "good character" goes way beyond whether a guy will beat his wife or rob the local CVS. It is about whether it is in their mind/possess the internal character and discipline to stay in shape and eat right 24/7/365; learn the playbook; study film; play within scheme instead of stat-whoring; etc.

beast
Select Member

8 years ago

#14

Originally Posted by: DakotaT

I guess I can stop worrying about Lacy over doing it and losing too much weight (like Ron Dayne claims hurt his career after the Giants strongly asked him to lose weight (but in all fairness it has seemed like most Heisman Trophy winners have had their fair share of NFL struggles since one Mr. Charles Woodson, with a few possible exceptions (Carson Palmer, Cam Newton and few that are too early to judge)).

As far as Sitton losing weight, a couple of things

I believe the Packers OL coached shared that Sitton said he lost weight so that he could practice more/sooner and not rest as far into training camp like he had been doing for his back injury. Being lighter (in theory) could get him practicing sooner and dealing with the injury better (until the real hitting starts).

It sounded like Sitton said he was planning to regain most of the weight he lost in a healthy manner as the season goes along, as well as that Sitton believed the more weight helps linemen deal with all the physical contact, but that he was just starting at a lower weight and going to gain it as training camp / the season goes along

beast
Select Member

8 years ago

#15

Originally Posted by: DarkaneRules

I agree, with all the injuries that Sitton and Lang have played through, I have thought that it's possible we could see a surprise retirement out of one of them, to get away from the injuries/pain even though they could still play at a high level for possible 5+ more years. But I think together they push each other and pride themselves on playing through it.

Cheesey
Preferred Member

8 years ago

#16

I think a lot of it is in the player's mental condition. Lacy knows what he has to do. He knows how it hurt him (and the team) last year.
The fact that he IS working out and trying, is what will pay off.
His mental attitude will decide how it turns out.

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