Aaron Lynch spoke with the media on Wednesday, and confirmed he did have a back injury this offseason. Injuries like that can cost a player workout time, and it showed up for Lynch. He told the media he got up to as high as 280 pounds, but is working back toward a playing weight between 262 and 267 pounds.
Jim Tomsula met with the media after Lynch, and he had was asked about the weight, and if it was an issue. He said it was not because of the injury, and was fine with Lynch's progress:
"Well, and again, something was said to me yesterday about that but I guess it was something talking about Aaron's weight.