Down 10 pounds, Jets' Lorenzo Mauldin ready for breakout 2017

CALDWELL -- In hindsight, it probably wasn't Lorenzo Mauldin's best decision. He wanted to improve his play against the run, so last offseason, he gained 10 pounds.

It worked... sort of. Mauldin held his ground better against bigger offensive linemen, but lost a serious amount of his speed. He didn't make nearly the impact he did as a rookie in 2015.

So, this offseason, the Jets' linebacker switched things up again.

"Lots of things changed," Mauldin told NJ Advance Media at teammate David Harris' charity golf event Monday. "Goal for this year was to lose weight."

After playing most of 2016 between 265-268 pounds, Mauldin is now at 258. He'll likely be 255 by training camp, and doesn't want to…