Monday, June 22, 2009

Chicago Tribune: The Chiefs are a bunch of fatties

Posted by Nadia Pflaum on Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:30 PM

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Seems like it was only yesterday that we were reporting on some Kansas City Chief's players' surprisingly healthy diets. Alas, Jared Allen (a vegetarian) and Tony Gonzalez (a vegan) are off to more salad-like pastures. Now, we've got  Branden Albert .

An article in the Chicago Tribune about a new weight loss regimen instituted by head coach Todd Haley specifically calls out Albert, a 24-year-old offensive tackle, for his chunkified physique. Albert apparently showed up for a March weigh-in at a thunderous 341 pounds -- over 30 pounds heavier than when he was drafted in 2008.

According to The Kansas City Star's Chiefs blog,

Haley gave Albert a goal: 305 pounds by the start of the 2009 season.

Albert hired a nutritionist, upped his exercising, started noshing on

six small meals a day (instead of the entire side of ox he was mowing

down before?!) and gave up sugary drinks and Jack Stack Barbecue. When he arrived at a three-day mini-camp this month, he tipped the scale at 309. Success! It tastes like ... celery.

Scott Pioli, general manager, wasn't above taping older, thinner pictures of Albert to the inside of the player's locker for thinspiration, the Tribune reports. Meanwhile, staying one with his troops, coach Haley lost 25 pounds of his own.

Nice

to see the folks in Chicago keeping an eye on our Chiefs' waistlines.

Now, here's another question: Whose fans are fatter, you think?

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Jared Allen IS NOT vegetarian, never has been,
and Tony Gonzalez IS NOT vegan, NOR is he vegetarian, he admits to still eating fish and chicken!

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Posted by Ash S on November 4, 2009 at 9:40 PM

Albert was one of the guest judges for the Royals BBQ contest last Friday night. Oh boy.

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Posted by TheSmokingPun on June 22, 2009 at 6:20 PM

Nitpick away! I shoulda known nobody could make it through four quarters on tofu and brown rice....

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Posted by nadia on June 22, 2009 at 1:29 PM

The "Jared Allen is vegetarian" thing was just a rumor. From your link:

"I can't go vegetarian," he says. "I like hunting too much."

Seeing a creepy video of him stalking an elk and killing it with a spear confirms that statement.

Gonzalez made big news when he said he was a vegan, but in the same interview he said he eats chicken and fish for the protein. Vegan-ish, maybe.

Not really the point of your post, but I was feeling nitpicky today. :)

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Posted by jjskck on June 22, 2009 at 1:15 PM
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