Lets talk Tolbert

[CT Dal Fan]

Tolbert has improved each of his first three seasons. What he lacks is consistency.

Last year he led the team with 7 TDs, which is a clear indication Dak and CeeDee were both banged up.

To me Tolbert is a slightly bigger and faster version of Patrick Crayton from back in the day. A nice third or fourth option in the passing game but not a guy you want as your clear cut number two receiver.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

TDs are a tough stat to go by though. Very random. Jerry rice is the all time leader but had 8 in 96’ and 15 in 95’. Randy moss is #2 all time and had 3 in 06’ followed by 23 in 07’.

As for Moss, I think he went from the Raiders in '06 to the Patriots in '07. Having that Brady guy as his QB helped the TD stat.

 

[Hadenough]

I am still trying to understand any kind of hype on the guy? Tolbert has been no more than a training camp hype virtuoso.

When Tolbert got his opportunity last season, he did absolutely nothing. Dallas needs a number 3 WR and i dont think Tolbert or anyone behind him last year is it.

The undrafted guys Holden and Kelly are the next two up id see what they both have.

At this point I want nothing else to do with Tolbert. Imo he isn't even better than Turpin who imo should be the clean 3rd WR.

Nobody even talks about that BTW. Everyone so stuck on Tolbert and i have absolutely zero idea why. He is not good at all, and being a camp Queen does nothing for the Cowboys in the regular season.

Interesting because I see Tolbert as a #2 and it's Dak thats holding him back. Pickens is Mehhh he reminds me of Gallup. Pickens only had 3 TDs last year while Tolbert had 7.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

He did absolutely nothing?

He had six TDs last season which I believe led the team.

He had Trey Lance and Cooper Rush throwing to him the majority of the season.

EVERYONES receiving numbers were down.

I swear we have a bunch of casuals in the forum.

Yeah Tolbert didn’t deserve his own thread. He may not be a 2 but certainly a 3 I’m comfortable with.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Interesting because I see Tolbert as a #2 and it's Dak thats holding him back. Pickens is Mehhh he reminds me of Gallup. Pickens only had 3 TDs last year while Tolbert had 7.

Weird that you think Tolbert is a 2 but Pickens is meh.

 

[Chuck 54]

I watched enough of Tolbert to know he is at best a Noah Brown who is a poor blocker. He was schemed open in the red zone, but from what I saw, he couldn’t separate, not even against safeties. I’ll take Lamb, Pickens, Mingo, and Turpin all over him. He will have his hands full with Flournoy and the undrafted rookies. He should never be more than #5 to me.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Weird that you think Tolbert is a 2 but Pickens is meh.

I wonder if the Cowboys tried to talk Pittsburgh into a player-for-player swap involving Tolbert and Pickens instead of a 3rd round pick. That would have been wild. Unlikely but wild.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

I watched enough of Tolbert to know he is at best a Noah Brown who is a poor blocker. He was schemed open in the red zone, but from what I saw, he couldn’t separate, not even against safeties. I’ll take Lamb, Pickens, Mingo, and Turpin all over him. He will have his hands full with Flournoy and the undrafted rookies. He should never be more than #5 to me.

Agreed. Fans are forgetting Ryan Flournoy too. A faster and more explosive option than Tolbert if he can put it all together.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Also I am not hating on Jalen Tolbert, I just think he's a limited player (which is why we all wanted an upgrade at WR).

Now that Pickens is here I can't wait to see who emerges from the pack of Tolbert, Mingo, Flournoy, Brooks, etc. for the last WR spots. Leaving out Turpin because his role here as a KR/utility guy is secured.

 

[jazzcat22]

Hype, there has been no hype about Tolbert.
Matter of fact it seemed many fans did not like the pick at all. Said he was from a small school, so his numbers from there would not hold up in the NFL.
Year two fans or a few were coming around a little bit. As that improved last year.

Holden was an UDFA, and seems some fans are hyping him more than they ever did Tolbert.
Holden played on a top NCAA team. So fans will remember his name. So assume he is better than he may be.

 

[Cowboysheelsreds053]

I wouldn’t call 49 catches for 610 yards and 7 TDs doing absolutely nothing. However, he’s not a WR2 which why we made a couple of WR trades.

This

 

[CowboysFaninHouston]

I am still trying to understand any kind of hype on the guy? Tolbert has been no more than a training camp hype virtuoso.

When Tolbert got his opportunity last season, he did absolutely nothing. Dallas needs a number 3 WR and i dont think Tolbert or anyone behind him last year is it.

The undrafted guys Holden and Kelly are the next two up id see what they both have.

At this point I want nothing else to do with Tolbert. Imo he isn't even better than Turpin who imo should be the clean 3rd WR.

Nobody even talks about that BTW. Everyone so stuck on Tolbert and i have absolutely zero idea why. He is not good at all, and being a camp Queen does nothing for the Cowboys in the regular season.

he was miscast as a #2 WR, but he had 49 receptions that puts him 53rd among WRs..and 610 yards which is also 53rd among WRs and and 7 TDs which puts him 26th among WRs. he did have Rush as QB for half the season.

so its not that he did absolutely nothing. Mingo did absolutely nothing. he can be a good WR3. him and turpin can keep defenses honest and bring different things to the table.

so right now Turpin and Tolbert are WR3, that can be swapped depending on the play call. IMHO, Mingo is 5th on the team and has to play special teams to stick or even lets get rid of him.