Releasing Tolbert is a cap savings of 1.5 million

[AndrewLaskoski]

1 minute ago, Untouchable said:

All possible candidates (maybe Gano is the safest).

Oher would save $2.5 mil as cut in the offseason and I'm pretty sure retirement would be treated the same.  Assuming Larsen says hot, Gradkowski would be a $750,000 cap savings as well.  I'd even consider looking at Anderson's $1.75 mil savings and look to start coaching up a young backup.

I see Gradkowski as more of a final preseason cut because he barely costs the team any money. If he gets out produced in the preseason by his competition then I do see him losing his spot.

I don't on the other hand see any possible chance that Anderson is cut, he is one of the better backups in the entire NFL and their value cannot be understated. He's worth more than $1.75 million given his mentorship to Cam, his leadership, his playing ability, his understanding of a playbook. Plus veteran QBs are very valuable when it comes to helping learn new playbooks and I have a feeling we will have a new OC after this season. 

[blackcat]

Releasing Tolbert will allow him to follow his passion, competitive eating.

[My Goodness My Guinness]

All possible candidates (maybe Gano is the safest).

Oher would save $2.5 mil as cut in the offseason and I'm pretty sure retirement would be treated the same.  Assuming Larsen says hot, Gradkowski would be a $750,000 cap savings as well.  I'd even consider looking at Anderson's $1.75 mil savings and look to start coaching up a young backup.

I would think Anderson would be 100% worth that cost for a quality safety valve backup.


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[Cuttinedge]

He's played all year like he's on a retirement tour anyway.   Only thing missing is the rocking chair gifts from other teams 

when he did that ballerina move last week against Oakland instead of trucking that db for the first down. He should have been shown the door.  Any coach with a smidgen of balls would have chewed his azz on the sidelines.  

By letting him hang around and underperform it makes a statement to the others mediocrity is ok. 

[cardiackat88.]

I must have said this at lest three times already, but after that unforgivable fumble in the Super Bowl Tolbert should have been benched for the rest of the game and cut immediately after after the game was over. 

[Zaximus]

I appreciate his early years but at this point he's a fullback who can't block, can't run, can't catch, and won't even truck people anymore.   It's over he's mailed it in.

[AndrewLaskoski]

22 minutes ago, Dunn said:

Stewart, while when healthy is one of the best backs in the NFL is one of the biggest liabilities on the offense, he is a week to week 'iffy' player when game day comes and I'd rather not have that going forward.  

We need to think long and hard about trying to invest in a solid kicker that can be with this team for 10+ years...Tucker is a rare find but we need to replace our kicker with someone more dependent when its time to get some points on the board.  

Dickson is completely replaceable and no need for him to 'contribute' further to the team.

Here's a list of UFA kickers

• Phil Dawson
• Steven Hauschka
• Mike Nugent
• Greg Zuerlein
• Robbie Gould
• Nick Novak
• Connor Barth
• Randy Bullock
• Zach Hocker

I don't think any of them are better than Gano. 

 

 

[cookinwithgas]

It's not Tolberts fault the team kept him when everyone following him knew he should have called it a day after the SB. He's been a good player here during most of his time. and evidently is liked by the staff a lot.

Yes we need to let him go but there's no need to trash him - he's a football player at the end of his career like a lot of others.

 

[Chaos]

Yes, let's absolutely free up more money to not spend.

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[CPF4LIFE]

1 hour ago, Carl Spackler said:

"Dignity" is as foreign a word to Gettleman as "leftovers"

LMAOOOO 

[CPF4LIFE]

Lol at gettleman giving him a nice send out. he already has the door open with his boot shined up ready to insert it up Tolberts fat ass. 

[SamMills4Life]

20 minutes ago, Zaximus said:

I appreciate his early years but at this point he's a fullback who can't block, can't run, can't catch, and won't even truck people anymore.   It's over he's mailed it in.

What exactly is it that he does here anymore? Complete waste of a roster spot.

[KSpan]

17 minutes ago, cookinwithgas said:

It's not Tolberts fault the team kept him when everyone following him knew he should have called it a day after the SB. He's been a good player here during most of his time. and evidently is liked by the staff a lot.

Yes we need to let him go but there's no need to trash him - he's a football player at the end of his career like a lot of others.

 

I think the problem is that there are times that Tolbert looks like he doesn't even want to be out there making contact with people. He peaked in 2013 and has been steadily, if not sharply, downhill ever since. I don't blame the guy for signing the contract or pick on him too harshly but it's one thing to see someone giving it their all while their body just doesn't have it anymore (Jake...) and another to see someone that looks to be phoning it in at times.

[SOJA]

All I'll say is this, coming from a Gettleman supporter, I hope he learned his lesson with Smith. Tolbert is well liked in that locker room