I have never seen a "FB" whiff as much as Tolbert

[VerticalThreat]

I would daresay you've never seen a FB run the ball like Mike Tolbert either. I don't care what you say about his blocking. He might miss a block here and there, but his versatility far outweighs the blocks he may miss (which might be 2 per game at most - and I'm not concerned AT ALL about a missed block on an onside kick).

[Ivan The Awesome]

2 hours ago, GhostP. said:

This is old news .. But it's Monday and most people are off today .. Let the threads continue ..

 

 

Not me. I got to work 12 hours today. laughing at these threads makes it go by faster though. 

[TN05]

Would you rather have had Ed Dickson in there?

[PntherPryd]

Take a step back and imagine if Tolbert had not been in position to pick up the fumble by CAP after the big run.

So he doesn't grade 99 on the flavor of the week grading scale, dude is a baller.

 

 

[MHS831]

2 hours ago, PanthersGOATFan336 said:

Look closely at Tolbert, he allows Coleman to blow right past him and affect Thomas Davis landing which could have been all bad. I'm not sure why they think he can block just because of his size...on Stewart's second TD run he didn't block anyone either. He rarely picks up a blitzer, we won this I know but it's things like this that could go either way that need to be cleaned up before they decide a game. Thoughts?

 

 

 

I am not going to attack you for bringing up a topic that is not full of sunshine and lollipops like some on here; topic cops, I suppose.  But I will say that this is less about Tolbert and more about the state of affairs in the special teams dept.  We have been poor all season.  Tolbert's missed block (he was, I am sure, zone blocking) seemed to me to be due to a lack of familiarity. 

When we have blown leads, it seems that every time there is some special teams meltdown--a blocked kick, allowing a long return, etc.  Yesterday, we had 2--the fake punt and the kickoff return + Colin Jones penalty.  Both were huge momentum breakers.