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| Speaking at the NFL’s annual meetings, Coughlin revealed that Pierre-Paul reported to training camp overweight last summer and struggled much of the year to get rid of the extra pounds. The surplus weight may have played a role in the back issues that hindered Pierre-Paul in 2012, not to mention a stunning dropoff in sack production that prompted Coughlin to do what few in the Giants’ organization have done publicly — express disappointment in the former first-round pick. “He didn’t play as well as the year before,” Coughlin said glumly before shrugging his shoulders when asked why he thought Pierre-Paul plummeted from 16.5 sacks during the Giants’ 2011 Super Bowl run to 6.5 sacks last season. Coughlin admitted Pierre-Paul’s weight was an issue much of the year. Coughlin wouldn’t specify how overweight Pierre-Paul was when he reported to camp, but the coach said it took well into the second half of the schedule to get him back to his ideal weight of 275 pounds. “He was big when he came to camp,” Coughlin said. Coughlin also doesn’t appear to be buying Pierre-Paul’s excuse that the extra weight was acceptable because it was more muscle than body fat. “There’s not a lot of body fat [with Pierre-Paul], yes, but still ...” Coughlin said, the frustration obvious in his voice. |
If you add muscle that is not transferable, that is to say not useful in the acts of your occupation, it can be detriment to performance and conditioning.
This is common in younger players. They think they are getting stronger but they are just getting bigger without benefit.
old timer : 6/18/2012 9:43 am
It is a natural to get a little bigger as you get older. A person just fills out.
Nothing to see here. Move on. Move on.
This was the strength of this defense....pressure the QB.....with the present ensemble of linebackers, and a new direction in the defensive backfield(KP A.D.), and the present state of this DL, it could get worse before it gets better......we don't have cap space for difference makers in free agency.....when was the last time we drafted a stud defensive performer that produced in his first year?
The defensive philosophy seems to be, take a chance on projects and hope they work out....how has that worked out?
He was 275 lbs coming out of college
I hope he does get back to his rookie season form.
You have to remember, we had suboptimal play at defensive tackle. This allowed teams to run the ball against us AND which kept our defense on the field longer. Of course he's eventually going to look winded at the end of a 60 yard drive if that keeps happening. Also, when the defensive tackle play is poor, it's easier to scheme around him.
when he ran hard, he jiggled. I am not exaggerating for effect
There is nothing contradictory about a guy getting naturally bigger and guys not understanding muscle versus fitness.
Sorry it went over you head.
Something like this happened to Tiki. He thought he needed to get stronger to play in the NFL. Instead he got bigger and lost quickness. He eventually dropped back down and became an pro bowl player.
Not my head it flew over
Look, for those defending him, just stop.
He is a young man, but he is also a professional athlete that needs to mature, and part of the process is learning how to eat, not get fat, and improve year after year. JPP didn't do those things as a whole in '12.
This is way I cringe every time i hear "we need to get younger"..Younger means inexperience..and it means growing pains..
But the players around him didn't open his mouth, stuff it with food, and force him to sit around and pack the extra lbs on him during the offseason.
Speaking to Mike Francesa of WFAN radio, Reese noted that Pierre-Paul saw a lot more double-team and chip blocks than he did a year ago, and seemed to have trouble adjusting.
To help Pierre-Paul moving forward, Reese revealed that he was planning to reach out to a former Giants defensive great in hopes that Pierre-Paul might pick up some useful pointers that will help him moving forward.
"It's frustrating for a young player, but to be a superstar defensive end or pass rusher in this league, you have to beat those double-team blocks," Reese said of Pierre-Paul.
"I'm going to reach out to (defensive end) Michael Strahan this offseason to see if we can have him have some conversations with JPP and just tell him, look, it's inside your chest a lot of it, you've got to have the heart to do it. And I think he does. But I think if he hears it from somebody like Michael Strahan that will really encourage him."
Reese noted that Strahan, who in addition to being part of FOX's Sunday pregame show is also the co-host of the popular daytime program "Live with Michael and Kelly" found a way to adjust to what opponents were throwing at him and that if he can share some of that wisdom with Pierre-Paul, it might keep the young defensive end from becoming frustrated.
"After Michael became the superstar defensive end, he was getting double teamed, he was getting chipped, but he was still getting sacks," Reese noted. "So the great ones still get through there and still make plays. And (Pierre-Paul) has to do that. He can't give up, like, 'Wow, they're double teaming, they're triple teaming me, I'm getting chipped, they're high-low'ing me, they're doing everything to me.'"
Any man caught with a 20 ounce soda will have to take dancing lessons from Perry Fewell.
In otherwords if he hadnt put those 15 pounds on I still think he would have had close to the same average/below average year. Reese hit it on the head with that quote. I also think as a young guy learning from the veterans around him, he was taking negative cues from Tuck and maybe a little of osi who had one foot out of the door all season.
He needs to slim down and come with more intensity. He definitely was a disappointment.