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Apparently Tolbert Is Giving Intel On The Panthers Offense To The Same Coaches Who Are From Said Panthers Team


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Apparently Tolbert's been talking a lot lately, bragging about giving intel to the Bills ahead of the Panthers matchup.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000844404/article/mike-tolbert-snitches-on-panthers-ahead-of-matchup?campaign=Twitter_atn

Panthers offensive coordinator Mike Shula needs to come with a new bag of tricks on Sunday. Former Panthers power back and current Buffalo Bill Mike Tolbert just got done ratting him out.

Bills coaches looking for an edge would have to be insane not to pick Tolbert's brain about Shula's tendencies and, in all likelihood, Shula is aware of Tolbert's familiarity and is looking to mix it up.

So yeah. 

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7 minutes ago, PantherPhann89 said:

Well we all know the Panthers don't believe in reinventing the wheel. They'll probably just throw in a wrinkle or two here and there. Or we can just use CMC playbook, Tolbert doesn't know that...

Webb does though. I'm not too worried about it either way. All I worry about is how the Panthers play. 

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Just now, PntherPryd said:

I love this. Not just Tolbert but the whole Panther clan up there will force his offense to improvise and change.  Pretty sure the sum of those two ingredients are growth.  

But with Shula it could also be a recipe for disaster. However, I hope you are right.

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6 minutes ago, Burnout189 said:

But with Shula it could also be a recipe for disaster. However, I hope you are right.

I'm not a Shula hater but we have so many weapons that there is a high probability that trying new attacks will succeed much better than plays from the 2016 playbook in this matchup

The added benefit is we get to experiment in week 2, success will build confidence and make us harder to game plan against. Something I think has been a huge issue in the past.  

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