Eddie Lacy is from Louisiana. Like any authentic Cajun, he loves his food.
REALLY loves his food.
“What kinds of things? Eating. A lot,” the Seahawks’ new running back said at the end of the team’s first three days of Organized Team Activity practices this week.
That presents a problem for Lacy’s livelihood.
He lost his first NFL job, as lead running back for the Green Bay Packers, in large part because he got too large.
“I’m from Louisiana,” he said Friday. “I like good food.
“Gotta change it.”
After his Packers were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs in January 2016, Green Bay coach Mike McCarthy declared Lacy “cannot play at the weight he was at this year.