Please Deacon drop the extra weight.... It isn't necessary to your position. You aren't a run stuffer, or an O-lineman.
From the CR Gazette:
"Iowa officially lists Hill at 230 pounds.
On paper, that is not far off from Spencer Petras’ 231-pound weight last year or Carson May’s 221-pound measurement. But in reality, Hill has a much different physique than Petras or May. Wisconsin listed him at 248 pounds in 2021."
I will probably be eviscerated for this (for fat shaming I guess), but what I am saying is true. We aren't talking about the middle school kid with a weight issue being shamed or bullied, this is a starting QB in the Big Ten. Iowa now lists Hill's weight at 258, but I suspect he is probably heavier than that. Yesterday I noticed he has, not only, a huge gut, but it is especially soft and jiggly. Hill has a rifle for an arm, but all of the extra baggage is not in any way helping him be a better QB. To me, it's a red flag:
How hard are you working, and willing to work? How disciplined are you willing to be in order to be the best QB you can be?
By all accounts he is a fine young man, and he may be doing 98/100 things right, but a couple of things could be preventing the young man from reaching his potential (and helping the team as well). Clearly there is an issue... Make a commitment to it. If you shed 30 pounds of goo, you will still be good sized, more athletic and agile and would in theory be able to move at least a little better in the pocket.
Before you start pointing out the one offs/exceptions etc. The Hefty Lefty, Jared Lorenzen really had very little of a career, and was dead at age 38.
Roethlisberger was listed at 6'5" and 241 lbs. and had nowhere near the gut girth of Hill....
From the CR Gazette:
"Iowa officially lists Hill at 230 pounds.
On paper, that is not far off from Spencer Petras’ 231-pound weight last year or Carson May’s 221-pound measurement. But in reality, Hill has a much different physique than Petras or May. Wisconsin listed him at 248 pounds in 2021."
I will probably be eviscerated for this (for fat shaming I guess), but what I am saying is true. We aren't talking about the middle school kid with a weight issue being shamed or bullied, this is a starting QB in the Big Ten. Iowa now lists Hill's weight at 258, but I suspect he is probably heavier than that. Yesterday I noticed he has, not only, a huge gut, but it is especially soft and jiggly. Hill has a rifle for an arm, but all of the extra baggage is not in any way helping him be a better QB. To me, it's a red flag:
How hard are you working, and willing to work? How disciplined are you willing to be in order to be the best QB you can be?
By all accounts he is a fine young man, and he may be doing 98/100 things right, but a couple of things could be preventing the young man from reaching his potential (and helping the team as well). Clearly there is an issue... Make a commitment to it. If you shed 30 pounds of goo, you will still be good sized, more athletic and agile and would in theory be able to move at least a little better in the pocket.
Before you start pointing out the one offs/exceptions etc. The Hefty Lefty, Jared Lorenzen really had very little of a career, and was dead at age 38.
Roethlisberger was listed at 6'5" and 241 lbs. and had nowhere near the gut girth of Hill....
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