I suspect they know more about where he needs to be than we do...
But does that necessarily have anything to do with his weight?
As I mentioned earlier, his production (yards per carry) was the same was when he was a rookie and everyone was pleased with his performance. Not only that, but the guy they were replacing him with last year wasn't any more productive. It's one thing to
say the weight is an issue, but when you are basically benching a guy for someone who isn't doing any better, doesn't it make it seem like there's more to it than that?
How would the Packers have handled Jerome Bettis for example? I wondered about the weight complaints with Eddie when they started, and I
really wonder now if they continue. To me if it was just a weight thing all along it should have been hey Eddie you are doing a good job (once again his production was fine), but we want you to be in better shape. Instead it was like hey Eddie you're fat and now we're going to play some guy who isn't any better than you. It just seems like more of an insult than anything else.