First, then what are people disagreeing with me about? It was just an exchange back and forth with Audio and I, may be you guys missed some of it
And yes, I read the article, but I was speaking to the hypothetical. My response was in that chain the whole time though, I never claimed Eddie couldn't lose any weight from last season, not once... I did take a bit of an exception though when it was used to obscure his performance. May be benching him was the only way to get him to drop a few pounds, but he was never their second best running back.
To illustrate the other point I made, which might have been more distracting than anything else, here's what I as referring to.
In 2014 Eddie had 319 touches (combined pass receptions and rushes). He averaged 4.49 yards per touch. In 2016 he has only 207 touches, but he averaged 4.57 yards per touch. Now, he did have 11 TDs as a rookie and only 5 last year, but Starks accounted for 5 TDs so that explains most of that change. Point being, there was no radical change in his production.
All I was saying with the continued conversation though, was if they are not happy with his weight now, then there's more to it and the rest was to that point. The other part though, which is valid is that even a heavy Eddie is a productive back. I don't think it's in his makeup to become a skinny back though, he's a bigger slower back, period and if they want to change that about him then I think they're the ones in the wrong. Yes, his conditioning can improve, yes he could and did lose a few pounds but that point stands.
Edit We'll see though. Will the Packers sign him to an extension? Will the weight complaints go away if he stays at his current weight? We'll find out right? But he lost weight on that we can all agree, he got in better shape as well apparently. So if that was the main problem and he keeps it up, there shouldn't be one going forward.