Say what you want about Eddie Lacy and his propensity to pack on pounds faster than Kirstie Alley, but don't tell me he hasn't done a hell of a job managing expectations. He might be a professional athlete that can't be trusted to walk past a donut shop without supervision, but he's a professional athlete that's literally and figuratively rolling in dough for being insanely mediocre in his preparation for his lucrative profession. Consider this, a running back just got a bonus for weighing in at approximately 30 pounds heavier than the league average at his position. Seattle had so little faith in Eddie Lacy's ability to go 24 hours without a cheat day that they attached a five figure price tag to a number that's not even remotely impressive. The Seahawks are like the parents that think their child is so dumb that they offer him a raise in his allowance if he can maintain a 'C' average. I would think that an NFL skill position player would consider a proverbial pat on the ass for not ballooning up beyond repair in the offseason to be disingenuous, but - with that undeserved $55,000 check in his pocket - surely he's laughing straight to the bank before waddling straight to the nearest 'Baskin Robbins'. Eddie Lacy hasn't just successfully gotten NFL teams to except him at his bloated body fat percentage. He has gotten them to financially incentivize him to not get so big that he needs to be put on the offensive line because he can no longer fit through it.
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