Did the team ask him to drop weight or did he do it on his own?
If he did it on his own and it was contrary to what he was told in his exit meeting last January, then I can see why he didn’t get many preseason reps.
Speaking of taunting.... Zay Flowers' Queen of England wave to the fans after his touchdown reminded me of Haywood Jeffires twerking in the end zone when the Oilers went up 28-3 in the Comeback, and Bryan Smolinski's smirk after scoring in that classic Ottawa playoff game. Karma is a big bad b word.
They actually started just fine in all three phases. Great return to start the game, crisp short TD drive, aggressive defense.
It was after that that they ran into problems.
It didn't have anything to do with preseason game reps IMO. That's just a good team over there.