Should we sign Alan Faneca? (just for fun)

[rock8591]

Should we sign him and his 180 lbs now to play guard or tackle for us?

 

 

[rock8591]

[Derakynn]

For comparison (I personally didn't know who he was). Amazing change though. 

[crazycolt1]

It's good to see an ex player get himself back to a normal healthy weight. I think Jeff Saturday lost a bunch too.

[ReMeDy]

This all reminds me: I wonder how JaMarcus Russell is doing with his football goals of losing weight. Whatever happened to that comeback attempt?

[DougDew]

That doesn't even seem possible. I mean, to put that much weight onto a smallish frame like that and be athletic enough to play pro football.

He was one of the better guards in the league for a few years.

[rock8591]

That doesn't even seem possible. I mean, to put that much weight onto a smallish frame like that and be athletic enough to play pro football.

He was one of the better guards in the league for a few years.

 

Frame size is a myth as is bone mass. Looking at Faneca's playing days photos, one would guess that he has a "big frame."

 

Bones may appear to have different volumes (e.g. big looking joints, ankles, wrists) but the overall mass from person to person is very negligible. Bone mass is a very small percentage of human body weight. Now, some people are born to be taller and bulkier than others even if they don't eat or weightlift as much; a smaller person will have to work harder to cover the early head start...but not because of bone size.

 

e.g. Christian Bale after losing weight for a film...

 

Also, Mark Wahlberg losing weight for a film...