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As a friend of Pierre's I have been reading this board for about a year now, ever since PT was picked up by the Saints. I have seen a lot of questions or comments about "I wish PT could beef up and be a larger back somewhere around 220." "I wish PT were built like Deuce" Etc. etc. I just wanted to make this known...
Around the times of the NFL combine Pierre was lifting hard and was weighing in at 215 and even peeked at one point at 218. He has the frame and ability to put on more weight. Before training camp started last year, the Saints give a target weight for each player that they would like him to be at. Pierre's target number from the Saints was 210. When you report for camp, you are weighed and every pound you are over your target rate you are fined something like 400-500 bucks a pound. Not a big deal for smaller guys who flucuate a pound or two, but you can see how this affects lineman that come in out of shape.
This is the weight that the Saints feel Pierre can be most affective at, at least for this past season. The ability is there to gain weight but I'm sure he is going by what the organization is telling him to weigh in at.
Around the times of the NFL combine Pierre was lifting hard and was weighing in at 215 and even peeked at one point at 218. He has the frame and ability to put on more weight. Before training camp started last year, the Saints give a target weight for each player that they would like him to be at. Pierre's target number from the Saints was 210. When you report for camp, you are weighed and every pound you are over your target rate you are fined something like 400-500 bucks a pound. Not a big deal for smaller guys who flucuate a pound or two, but you can see how this affects lineman that come in out of shape.
This is the weight that the Saints feel Pierre can be most affective at, at least for this past season. The ability is there to gain weight but I'm sure he is going by what the organization is telling him to weigh in at.