New York Giants wide receivers coach Tyke Tolbert is in a unique position as he starts his first season with the team. An LSU alum, he’s not only familiar with Giants receiver Odell Beckham Jr., but is practically family. Tolbert played college football with Beckham’s father, Odell Sr., and held the younger Beckham in his arms when the receiver was an infant.
But that doesn’t make Tolbert soft on his new charge; instead, he said to reporters on Wednesday, “it makes it easier” to yell at Beckham on the practice field.
It also makes the 50-year-old “feel old.