Packers running back Eddie Lacy might be about to drop even more weight.
After being tackled by his dreadlocks last night, Lacy said he’s strongly considering a haircut to keep future defenders from employing the same move.
“I’m debating after that,” Lacy said, via Ryan Wood of the Green Bay Press-Gazette. “I don’t know how many more of those I’d like to experience. We’re in camp. So I’ve got to wait until I get out of camp, and then I’ll assess it.”
While horse-collar tackles from behind have been banned, grabbing ball-carriers by the hair is totally legal. Maybe not kosher, but legal.
Lacy said he hasn’t cut his hair in a year, and hasn’t been tackled by his hair since he was a junior in high school, which was eight seasons ago. So cutting his signature style isn’t something he’d consider lightly, but 49ers linebacker Gerald Hodges yanking him down from behind on a breakaway run was an eye-opener. He said he’d consider getting a haircut during the bye week next month.
“It definitely hurts,” Lacy said. “The first thought in my mind was a word I can’t really say.”
Lacy has responded to the Packers’ fat-shaming him by losing at least 10 pounds and returning to the form he had shown his first two seasons in the league. In the preseason, he has 20 carries for 114 yards, a strong 5.7-yard average.
And that average would have been longer if not for Hodges yanking him down by his hair.
