Maybe, but whatever his weight might have been, IMHO it wouldn`t have made a damned bit of difference yesterday.everytime i see Eddie play, he looks bigger. he's always been somewhat thick since his final Bama year but he needs to get the weight under control.
I noticed that too. At the end of the run he had that look on his face like "Pleaseeeee tackle me. I'm about out of gas...."Maybe it's because I'm used to seeing DH leave DB's in the dust, but Eddie looked slow when he broke into the open field Sunday. I hope he drops weight in the off season and comes back in the best physical condition of his life. The guy still has what it takes to be a great back in the NFL.
Agree with this, but there was no need for his head coach to call him out in public. Tell Lacy what is expected, provide a trainer if you are that worried about it, but this is locker room stuff that doesn't belong in the media. This tells me that McCarthy is a lot more upset with Lacy than we thought.As an NFL player, taking care of your body and ensuring you are at peak physical condition is a no-brainer to me. Just as I can't wrap my head around college players blowing their chances messing with drugs, I will never understand an elite athlete allowing themselves to show up at anything less than peak physical condition. SMH
I agree. I think McCarthy is very upset with him, and I think it's because he knows how valuable Lacy can be when he is in top form. This is a year when they really needed him, and he kind of dropped the ball. It was really all on Aaron Rodger's shoulders. When they lost Jordy Nelson and had no other dependable threats throughout the year it would have been great to take some pressure off of Rodger's by being able to hand off to a dependable Eddie Lacy...but he wasn't able to do that. They thought they could count on him because of his previous successful seasons but he just seemed to take his foot off the pedal for a moment. He needs to keep a picture of Trent Richardson in his locker to remind him of how quickly things can go south for a RB.Agree with this, but there was no need for his head coach to call him out in public. Tell Lacy what is expected, provide a trainer if you are that worried about it, but this is locker room stuff that doesn't belong in the media. This tells me that McCarthy is a lot more upset with Lacy than we thought.
I'm betting this isn't the first time this issue has been brought up with Lacy, and it's to the point that McCarthy is using the media to put extra pressure on him.Agree with this, but there was no need for his head coach to call him out in public. Tell Lacy what is expected, provide a trainer if you are that worried about it, but this is locker room stuff that doesn't belong in the media. This tells me that McCarthy is a lot more upset with Lacy than we thought.
Agreed. If part of the job description includes taking care of you body - do your job and take care of your body.I'm betting this isn't the first time this issue has been brought up with Lacy, and it's to the point that McCarthy is using the media to put extra pressure on him.
The average NFL career for a RB is 2.5 years, according to the NFLPA. There's zero excuse (and frankly, virtually zero margin for error) for RBs in the NFL. Again, this is akin to a college football star being busted smoking weed - you have the rest of your life to smoke weed (or get fat) - take the job seriously, or you'll have the job for an even shorter time than the average RB, which isn't long at all...
I'd agree with you most of the time. I don't ever remember McCarthy calling a player out in public before, but I'm not that big of an NFL fan. If this is the exception, McCarthy may be just trying to make absolutely certain Eddie knows he means business. As McCarthy stated, the problem is obvious.Agree with this, but there was no need for his head coach to call him out in public. Tell Lacy what is expected, provide a trainer if you are that worried about it, but this is locker room stuff that doesn't belong in the media. This tells me that McCarthy is a lot more upset with Lacy than we thought.