Packers running back Eddie Lacy has been working on losing his weight this offseason, after coach Mike McCarthy called him out and said he was out of shape last season. So far, McCarthy thinks he’s getting the job done.
However, Lacy appears to have a few more pounds to lose before the Packers are fully satisfied.
Reporters from ESPN and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel both pegged Lacy’s weight at about 240 pounds or a little higher at the Packers’ first Organized Team Activities on Tuesday. Last season he was believed to weigh almost 260.
“I think I look good,” Lacy said.
Lacy said McCarthy asked him to lose weight, and he did.
“At the end of the day, we’re all grown men,” Lacy said. “Whether he calls me out, I just have to take care of that responsibility. You don’t get mad or [lash] out or anything like that. You just take it as it is what it is and make it go away. I feel like I handled it well, and I held up my end of the bargain. It’s a process. I’ve got to keep going and just keep hoping for the best.”
Neither McCarthy nor Lacy would talk about specific numbers, but the Packers are believed to want Lacy to get down close to the 231 he weighed at the 2013 Combine before the Packers drafted him. If Lacy loses another 10 pounds in the next few months, the Packers will feel very good about his weight this season, something no one could have said last season.