



GREEN BAY – Once the season ended, Josh Sitton already had a roadmap in place for how the Packers' left guard wanted to attack his offseason.

Sitton, entering his ninth year in the NFL, had his mind set on dropping around 20 pounds before the team returned for the start of the offseason program on April 18.

It didn't come at the advice of any teammates or coaches. Sitton decided on his own that he needed to make a few changes to his diet with his 30th birthday on the horizon.

"It's easy to play at 325, 330 when you're 22, 23 years old," Sitton said. "It's a little bit harder when you're coming on 30. It kind of helps with everything. I usually lose a few pounds during the offseason every year. This year, I did a little bit more."

It's not like Sitton was coming off a down year. He had just been selected to his third Pro Bowl and named to the All-Pro second team for the third consecutive season.

Sitton's reasoning had more to do with the discomfort he was dealing with during the season's weekly grind. He's started 79 consecutive games dating back to 2011, but was often limited in practice during the latter half of the year due to persistent back pain.