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Tolbert To Play Fb

Leeroy Jenkins PhD

By Leeroy Jenkins PhD,
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Here’s a little more evidence that the Carolina Panthers really are planning on using Mike Tolbert at fullback.

They’re paying him like a fullback, not a tailback. I just got full contract details on the deal Tolbert signed Monday and it’s pretty obvious he’s getting paid more like a fullback, who probably also will play some H-back, than a tailback.

Tolbert got a four-year deal worth $10 million. That’s an average of $2.5 million per year. That’s classic fullback money. I just looked back at fullback salaries from 2011. Only six fullbacks averaged more per season than Tolbert will average in this deal. Top tailbacks make much more than that and some backups are well over $2.5 million.

Here’s the breakdown on Tolbert’s deal. He got a $2 million signing bonus and will make $700,000 in base salary this year. He also can earn a $25,000 bonus for taking part in the team’s offseason workout program.

In 2013, Tolbert’s scheduled to receive a $1.5 million option bonus, a $1 million base salary and a $25,000 workout bonus. In 2014, his base salary rises to $2.3 million. In 2015, it rises to $2.4 million. Tolbert also has a $25,000 workout bonus in each of the final two seasons of the deal.

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcsouth/post/_/id/32583/contract-says-tolberts-a-fullback

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What about our Defense? It's going to play catch up most of the time and we are going to have to win shoot outs. God...

You realize the Panthers have already signed players trying to sure up the defense and they will certainly draft some defensive players. If you don't improve both sides of the ball each year, you will never improve. So just because the Panthers had a good offense, you don't just sit back and not improve.

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is this just speculation based soley off the contract numbers? 2.5 doesn't automatically mean FB, that's a range for a #2 RB as well. Hillis got 3M from the Chiefs I know there are other examples as well. Teams don't generally pay huge bucks for a backup RB.

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