Jan 5, 2014; Green Bay, WI, USA; Green Bay Packers running back Eddie Lacy (27) carries the ball during the first quarter against the San Francisco 49ers during the 2013 NFC wild card playoff football game at Lambeau Field. Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports
Running back Eddie Lacy is considering multiple measures to drop 30 pounds at the request of the Green Bay Packers.
NFL Network reported Monday that Lacy is considering offers from fitness programs, such as P90X, and even a special camp focused on weight loss in hopes of meeting the demands of his employer.
Some estimates from Green Bay media projected Lacy’s weight at 260 pounds last season. He weighed 231 pounds coming out of Alabama but blamed the extra bulk on a hamstring injury that prevented him from fully working out in advance of the draft.
Lacy turns 26 in June. He was in and out of the starting lineup last season, sharing the workload with James Starks. He was benched multiple times and head coach Mike McCarthy said Jan. 18 that conditioning was a definite weight on Lacy all season.
“He’s got a lot of work to do. His offseason last year was not good enough, and he never recovered from it,” McCarthy said during his season-ending news conference two days after his team’s 26-20 overtime loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Saturday in the NFC divisional playoffs. “He cannot play at the weight he was at this year.”
Lacy, listed by the Packers at 234, finished 2015 with 758 yards rushing following back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons.
