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The Dallas Cowboys wide receiver wants to play for the rest of the season despite his injury.
Tolbert left the eventual victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at one point to be evaluated for a finger injury after coming down with a huge reception in tight coverage ahead of halftime.
To hear him explain the injury is to understand just how severe it was.
“When I was coming up with the catch, my pinky finger got stuck in [the cornerback’s jersey],” Tolbert said. “It hyperextended it — dislocated it. I had the ball and I was like, ‘Why can’t I squeeze this?’ It sounds crazy, but it was all in slow motion. It was slower for me because I was trying to squeeze my hand.
“And then I got up and it and [the athletic training staff] popped it back in and stitched it up because it came through the skin.”
You read that correctly.
Tolbert’s finger was so hyperextended and dislocated that it broke the skin, requiring stitches.
But after scoring his two touchdowns in as many games, and after witnessing just how much pain Lamb is enduring to “willingly sacrifice his body for his guys”, Tolbert isn’t waving off a chance to help play Grinch against the Philadelphia Eagles — in much the same way he did against the Buccaneers.
“I came back out and it was more of an emergency at the time,” said Tolbert. “… But it’s feeling better each and every day. The [staff] is gonna help me out and take care of me. I’m ready to play whenever.”
Mike McCarthy comes to the defense of his staff over his own job security.
Do the Cowboys want him back? Does he want to come back?
Owner Jerry Jones has offered effusive praise for the job McCarthy has done in winning four of the past five games. The Cowboys knew they were out of playoff contention Sunday when they beat the Bucs 26-24.
On Tuesday, Jones intimated that he wants McCarthy back.
“I can’t tell you how proud I am of the way the coaching staff, led by Mike McCarthy, the way that the leadership on this team, and really proud of these young players,” Jones said on 105.3 The Fan, via Jon Machota of TheAthletic.com. “They just are growing mentally and physically by leaps and bounds. [It] makes me think we’ve got and outstanding future ahead of us.”
McCarthy was asked later in the day if he was eager to have a resolution on his status.
“I do believe in time and place, and this is not...
