One NFL team reportedly having players weigh in daily with photos of their scales
With the COVID-19 crisis keeping athletes quarantined at home, teams are trying to make sure their players are staying in good shape.
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With the COVID-19 crisis keeping athletes quarantined at home, teams are trying to make sure their players are staying in good shape. One NFL team has reportedly gone to extreme measures to track player fitness, as they are requiring players to do daily weigh-ins that include players taking photos of their scales.
This unconventional method was shared by "Good Morning Football" host Peter Schrager on the SI Media Podcast, where he was discussing how each team is being forced to come up with their own offseason strategies in the midst of quarantine. Schrager confirmed the scale tactic but did not name which team was doing it.
"I know one team that has requested that players take a photograph of the scale and tell [the team] how they're weighing in every day and send it in to the trainers so [they] can keep your weight maintenance," Schrager said.
It's understandable that teams would want to check in on the conditioning of their players but this feels like a bridge too far. Beyond the simple fact that players could almost certainly figure out a way to fake this if they really wanted to, it's a pretty bizarre way to try and keep players focused on staying healthy.
Of course, the biggest question on everyone's mind is which team actually decided to ask players to take daily scale updates. Is Bill Belichick playing some sort of mental chess with his players? Is Sean McVay trying out a new, innovative motivational technique? Or is it Adam Gase? Because this really feels like some strange, misguided plan the Jets coach would come up with.
Unfortunately, there's a good chance we never get an answer, as any team would probably go to great lengths to not reveal they were the ones asking players to take daily scale pics.
