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Will Lavalais eat himself out of a job?
RealFootball365.com, AZ - 5 hours ago
... This so impressed the Atlanta Falcons that they waited until the seventh round to draft him. Last season, as a rookie, Shropshire ...


Mon, 19 Jun 2006 06:07:00 GMT

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[Lefty Noob]

This kid Chad Lavalais is a defensive lineman drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in 2004. Apparently, he's never reported to the team in shape, and is constantly overweight. As a rookie, fellow DL Ed Jasper said, "When he first came in he was about 320 and his belly was so big it looked like it was smiling at you. So we named him jelly belly." Of course, it's no laughing matter to Lavalais right now - he may lose his starting job to a 7th round draft pick. How do you get a kid like this to keep himself in shape?