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Down from 341 in April. That is a big weight loss.
Would imagine it will help his quickness. Will his strength still be there?
Love the fact that he's doing what's necessary to play at a high level late in his career.
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Perhaps it is an effort to take some stress off of the knees. They say for every one pound of body weight = 4 pounds of pressure to the knees.
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(07-31-2015, 08:15 AM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Perhaps it is an effort to take some stress off of the knees. They say for every one pound of body weight = 4 pounds of pressure to the knees.
If there is one guy I'm not concerned about regarding getting ready for the season; It's Andre f'n Whitworth.
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(07-31-2015, 09:38 AM)CornerBlitz Wrote: If there is one guy I'm not concerned about regarding getting ready for the season; It's Andre f'n Whitworth.
You got that right.
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He was low at the start of last camp too.
Gives him room to add weight through the season without it being too much for him
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(07-31-2015, 08:02 AM)McC Wrote: Down from 341 in April. That is a big weight loss.
Would imagine it will help his quickness. Will his strength still be there?
Love the fact that he's doing what's necessary to play at a high level late in his career.
Make it easier to pull
and get down the field which whit is pretty good at...
He might be moving a lot if we are opening pandoras box.
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(07-31-2015, 09:38 AM)CornerBlitz Wrote: If there is one guy I'm not concerned about regarding getting ready for the season; It's Andre f'n Whitworth.
His name is Andrew. Not Andre.
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(07-31-2015, 04:19 PM)mikey6866 Wrote: His name is Andrew. Not Andre.
Speaking of Dre, he is supposed to have lost a good bit of weight also. He is listed at 325. I think that is about 15 lbs less than last year.
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(07-31-2015, 04:19 PM)mikey6866 Wrote: His name is Andrew. Not Andre.
I think we should call him Andre anyway. It has more cachet.
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(08-02-2015, 12:42 AM)jowczarski Wrote: Speaking of Mr. Smith - yes, he's down 20+ pounds.
http://www.cincinnati.com/story/sports/nfl/bengals/2015/08/01/bengals-andre-smith-healthy-tired--being-mediocre/30952359/
Good read Jim, especially Andre stating that he feels better than he did coming out of Bama. It's great to see him and Big Whit shedding a few pounds.
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He looked pretty trim today on NFLN, so did Andre
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Like Berserk said, he was down last year too.
He's still gonna take charge and dominate, regardless of his weight.
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So if we have 2 new tackles next year......
Could whitworth play FB? id like to see that lol
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(07-31-2015, 09:38 AM)CornerBlitz Wrote: If there is one guy I'm not concerned about regarding getting ready for the season; It's Andre f'n Whitworth.
Agreed.
Andre f'n Whitworth doesn't play for the Bengals, so I'm not f'n concerned about him.
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(08-03-2015, 04:39 PM)GodHatesBengals Wrote: Why did he lose weight?
To wear skinny jeans.
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(07-31-2015, 08:02 AM)McC Wrote: Down from 341 in April. That is a big weight loss.
Would imagine it will help his quickness. Will his strength still be there?
Love the fact that he's doing what's necessary to play at a high level late in his career.
He's been a stalwart against the bull rush - I'm hoping this won't change that.
In every other respect it should be a benefit.
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(08-03-2015, 04:39 PM)GodHatesBengals Wrote: Why did he lose weight?
To be able to pull faster, when he moves to Guard.
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(08-03-2015, 04:39 PM)GodHatesBengals Wrote: Why did he lose weight?
To get on Dancing with the Stars. He told them he was Ethan Suplee and that fulfilled the "haven't worked lately in a real job" part.
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