Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Jarvis Jones essentially lost $8.4 million this offseason as that’s the amount he stood to earn in 2017 had the organization picked up his fifth-year option. That’s apparently not the only thing Jones lost this offseason as he reportedly dropped 20 pounds as well.
According to Mark Kaboly of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Jones, the team’s first-round selection in the 2013 NFL Draft, now weighs 250 pounds after weighing 270 pounds last season. It’s reported that he was asked to lose that.
With his fifth-year option not being picked up during the offfseason, Jones has a lot of pressure on him to have a career year as he’s now scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent in 2017.