The connection was bad and there was a lot of echo on the phone line, but Mike Tolbert’s still managed to make his message clear.
The fun-loving fullback said he re-signed with Carolina for less money than he was offered elsewhere because of the family-like atmosphere in the Panthers’ locker room and his belief that they’re poised to make another Super Bowl run.
“I left a little bit on the table to be able to come back here and be with my family. That’s one thing I wanted to do, maintain some type of camaraderie,” Tolbert said on a conference call.