text: Veteran Defensive Tackle Steve McLendon Shaved 12 Pounds This Offseason
  On report day, Matt Forté said, "As you get older, the veterans that are smart get lighter." And while Brandon Marshall 's weight loss has been well-publicized, new Jets DT Steve McLendon also dropped his weight from 330 pounds to 318.
  "When I came here, they wanted me on a different diet plan," the former Steeler said. "They wanted me to get my weight down and I did exactly what they asked me to do. I'm very excited and I'm very excited to be here."
  "It feels good," he said. "I still have my strength, but I have to keep it up. It's better on the body, plus I'm getting a little older — I don't need all that weight. I need to be able to move, run."
  "I'm pretty much focusing on attacking up field," he said. "My attack is different because in Pittsburgh I was a two-gap guy and here I'm still a two-gap, but it's more of an attack two-gap. Attack the guy in front of me and beat him across his face and shed blocks faster."