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Charm City

Pro Bowler
For those of you
Michael Pierce might be in the doghouse. He was pulled out of practice today by Harbs because of his lack of conditioning. Rough start to a contract year.
If anything he should have been in great shape so he could've balled out and gotten a big contract. I'd be wary now. I don't want an Albert Haynesworth on this team
 

Ellicottraven

Ravens Ring of Honor
That's not good for him. He's a great player and all but this doesn't give the team confidence in potentially giving him a new contract.
It's disappointing for sure especially after the team showed faith in him by giving him a 2nd round tender and 3M guaranteed. Hopefully, sense prevails and he gets to work to get in football shape by training camp. Or else, his snap counts will reduce if Mack shows promise.
 

RavensMania

Staff Member
Administrator
For those of you

If anything he should have been in great shape so he could've balled out and gotten a big contract. I'd be wary now. I don't want an Albert Haynesworth on this team
Don't compare Pierce to Fat Albert Aint-worth crap
 

rossihunter2

Staff Member
Moderator
That's not good for him. He's a great player and all but this doesn't give the team confidence in potentially giving him a new contract.

i think he just misjudged his offseason - he came in udfa and had to work his ass off just to make the 53 and then he came into his 2nd year trying to establish himself as a bona fide starter, and in year 3 he had more competition again to keep that starting job - i think he saw it was his contract year and that he was an established guy now and that he maybe didnt have to turn up for the voluntary stuff because lots of vets dont and thats ok - but because hes not not turned up before he doesnt have the conditioning support outside of the ravens to actually get him into football shape unlike Judon who came in with a similar situation all guns blazing because hes got a program that works for him outside of the ravens

not a big deal unless he fails the physical in training camp (and by all accounts hes got a ways to go because hes not even in minicamp shape right now let alone training camp shape)
 

rossihunter2

Staff Member
Moderator
holy shit i hadnt seen a pic of pierce yet:

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JoeyFlex5

Hall of Famer
Pierce may be overweight as fuck right now but he is far from Terrence Cody who was a soft flabby piece of shit with 300lbs in his fat ass stomach and the rest of his weight was just his skeleton holding it all up.

Pierce is still a diesel as fuck mammoth of a man, just has extra weight in the wrong spots
 

Adreme

Ravens Ring of Honor
I just wanna know how he expects to lose 30 lbs in just a month while getting himself ready to play football. There is out of shape and then there is "I accidentally ate all the food in the restaurant". How can he possibly be ready to go by camp?
 

Oldfaithful

Hall of Famer
I just wanna know how he expects to lose 30 lbs in just a month while getting himself ready to play football. There is out of shape and then there is "I accidentally ate all the food in the restaurant". How can he possibly be ready to go by camp?
I mean, science does show that when you are that big you can lose weight quicker. He has until September. So like 3 months. That’s ten pounds a month if we are estimating that he gained 30.... If a normal person can do that then imagine what an NFL player can do in NFL conditioning.

He won’t be ready to go by Camp but if he gets back in shape there’s no question he should be ready to go by the season.
 
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