Trotter's Weight

Quick recap -- last year Trotter played at 265 pounds.  The Eagles coaches asked him to slim down for this season to help restore some of his quickness and ease the pressure on his knees.  His goal for the season was going to be 250, but there were some problems, since Trot's not a big one for working out in the offseason.  Back in June we noted this:

But here's the part that makes me a little nervous about Trot. We know he's not that old, but he's at the age where the weight just doesn't melt away like it used to.  So the Eagles season ended back in January.  And the coaching staff has made it clear they want to see him try to play at a lower weight this year to keep the pressure off his knees.  And he's got a young guy breathing down his neck for playing time.  And even Trot thinks he probably needs to weigh a bit less this season.

So how come we're already into June and he's still saying things like this:

[Trotter] said he would like to get down to about 250 pounds by training camp, a weight he said he hasn't made since his second season, the year he became a starter. Trotter, 6-1, said he weighed about 265 toward the end of last season...

"I've never been a big fan of cardio, but I had to find new ways to get a great workout without just pounding all the time," he said. "I knew midway through the season that I had to really buckle down, as soon as the season was over, focus on conditioning, getting my body fat down, things that I'm supposed to do anyway."

Maybe I'm reading that wrong, but does that sound like a guy who's really, totally committed to this whole "get in shape" thing?  He's had four months to do nothing but conditioning and he's still not there yet?  To be honest, he sounds like my lazy butt every time I vow to lose a couple of pounds.

Lo and behold, here's what Trotter was saying when he showed up to camp yesterday:

Another of the Eagles' veterans decided to bring a little less of himself this year. Middle linebacker Jeremiah Trotter said he weighed in at 256 pounds, nine pounds lighter than he was a year ago.

"I wouldn't call it skinny, but I'm trimmer," Trotter said. "I'm not fat; I just dropped weight. I'm not getting any younger and a little birdie told me I needed to lose some weight, so that's what I did."

Trotter, entering his 10th NFL season, is on record as saying he wasn't satisfied with the way he played last year and he wants to have the kind of rebound season that Dawkins had in 2006.

"I knew I needed to drop weight," Trotter said. "I trained really hard . . . and when you train hard, it pays off. I'm 256 pounds and it's solid muscle. I just feel more explosive. I'm really looking forward to this training camp and this season."

I guess we'll see.