Don Juan Moore/Getty Images
Save your “Training camp is still three months away!” and your “The camera angle is unflattering!” for someone who values reason over fat-shaming. Not this guy. I see an NFL player getting porky in the offseason and I’m all over it like Ryan Fitzpatrick at a Golden Corral soft serve machine.
A photo of Ezekiel Elliot, the man who led the league last season with 1,400+ yards, has gone viral due to his bloated appearance this offseason.
Elliott shared a photo from “Von Miller Day” in DeSoto, Texas looking portly and NFL Twitter did what they do best: over-react. And I’m here for it.
For perspective:
Ezekiel Elliott #Abs #Body #Shirtless pic.twitter.com/0yCSkmNAJu
— MCBF Blog (@mcbfblog) September 12, 2016
NFL fans gave Zeke the Eddie Lacy treatment, shaming him for living his best offseason life.
Zeke Elliot. Actually fat pic.twitter.com/VFB4mVUewu
— #TheSpan (@WingspanSports) April 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/CHIEF_LoudPack/status/1119980814190694400
Zeke transforming into his own lead blocker pic.twitter.com/nmqUgqp0I7
— Dadbod Tidwell…actually 6’5, with the afro 6’9 (@shanecass79) April 21, 2019
https://twitter.com/aaron_schill/status/1119971094981746688
Zeke fat as shit pic.twitter.com/Ot6i7i12VA
— Matt Scott (@Mabrams90) April 21, 2019
Zeke has been eating good this offseason pic.twitter.com/MZ5GOpERiF
— Eliot Crist 🏆 (@EliotCrist) April 21, 2019
A photo from the same day determines that angles matter.
A day my son will never forget‼️
Thanks @EzekielElliott #VonMillerDay19 pic.twitter.com/whERr6231D— Charles Hitchens (@CoachHitchens) April 20, 2019
Ezekiel Elliott Fat Determination: Inconclusive.