Quote:His battle with his weight, however, is what he's facing now. He's part of The Jared Lorenzen Project, in which he'll attempt to shed pounds in front of cameras with the help of celebrity trainer Gunnar Peterson and a nutritionist. In the first video released on a Facebook page for a project, he revealed he's over 500 pounds:

(08-01-2017, 09:50 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/jared-lorenzen-the-ex-qb-known-as-the-%E2%80%98hefty-lefty%E2%80%99-is-on-an-emotional-mission-to-lose-weight/ar-AApgk8X?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp


Anyway, it seems that the 'Hefty Lefty" or even the "Pilsbury Throwboy", as he's often been referred to as, is over 500# now, and looking to gain notoriety for losing weight.

(08-01-2017, 09:50 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/jared-lorenzen-the-ex-qb-known-as-the-%E2%80%98hefty-lefty%E2%80%99-is-on-an-emotional-mission-to-lose-weight/ar-AApgk8X?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp


Anyway, it seems that the 'Hefty Lefty" or even the "Pilsbury Throwboy", as he's often been referred to as, is over 500# now, and looking to gain notoriety for losing weight.

(08-07-2017, 01:15 AM)BFritz21 Wrote: He grew up five minutes from me.  My brother played him in pee-wee football and basketball growing up.  I played safety against him my freshman year when he was a senior and he made me look stupid.

I still talk to him some and we're Facebook friends, but this is ridiculous.

I'm glad he's trying to get his life together, but how hard is it to just not eat and make half a million dollars a year as a backup quarterback?

Honestly, people go to drug rehab who don't make anything near that, but he couldn't go to food rehab and continued making bank?

Very sad.

(08-07-2017, 07:45 AM)Bengalzona Wrote: I remember him.

A couple of times, I created a "bad team" on franchise mode in Madden (trade all of the good players for lousy players and see if I could eventually rebuild the franchise). He was always the QB I picked.

Believe it or not, I could put up some decent numbers with him.

(08-08-2017, 02:03 PM)bengalfan74 Wrote: Who drafted him ? Was it the Jets ?

(08-08-2017, 01:28 PM)Wyche Wrote: I can believe it.  The guy could ball.  I've sat in Commonwealth Stadium on several Saturdays and watched him shed d-linemen like shooing flies.  Guy had a cannon arm too.  It was like watching Corey Dillon run the ball for the Bungals, only he was a 300lb QB swatting away defenders to get his feet set to throw a laser. I hope he gets his life back together.  His eating has always been a problem for him.

(08-08-2017, 07:20 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Hmm, maybe get him under 400#, and let him play Center?

(08-08-2017, 07:20 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Hmm, maybe get him under 400#, and let him play Center?