Anvils
Gus Tolbert: Achilles, the rest of the season. It is the second Achilles of his career.
Across nine seasons: 7,487 yards from scrimmage, sixty-two touchdowns, 137 games. He got to 1,470 once. Not this time. For two clubs.
He turned thirty this year. He is from Salt Fork, Oklahoma. Around the building he is the first man in the building most mornings. The route here: a late bloomer who did not start a game until he was a college senior.
Anvils are 1-1 through two weeks. Virgil Ratliff is new. He is out of contract after this.
He calls his grandmother before every game and after every loss, and always has.