Talib failed a drug test before he was ever an employee of an NFL team. I’m not gonna chastise him for something that happened before he was ever on the team.

From Donald Penn who was directly involved in the helmet incident: “Everything is fine. Brothers fight all the time. It happens. It wasn’t really a fight. It was a verbal fight. I don’t want it to be a bigger deal than it is. This stuff happens all the time, but you don’t hear about it in the media.”

Doesn’t sound like that big of a deal.

Talib is clearly a rough man in transition but he has been doing far better. I just don’t see anything that requires him being let go or crapped on around every corner.

On the field Talib has played well at times, poor at times and he is often injured – hardly stellar.

Guy was suspended once and fined in his first year for showing up late to a few meetings. Everything else was trivial enough for the team to let it go. Guys like Tanard are gone for being suspended. Winslow is gone for being a bad locker room guy. Ward is gone for being a bad locker room guy. Why is it that Aqib Talib is still here? Because he hasn’t done anything to require him to be let go. I have seen multiple high profile players get into it with their coaches. It happens. A lot. He has done anything that was detrimental enough except to garner a one game suspension. The kid is rough around the edges yet you make him out to be a common criminal.

I have also heard of these deals being structured as civil settlement agreements with broad confidentiality language that both sides understand prohibit any dissemination of information as a breach. My understanding is that the victim tells the State that based on the civil settlement that the victim requests the state not pursue charges. Of course it is up to the state whether it proceeds, but with an unwilling and incredible witness, proceeding is unattractive.

You are forgetting the fight at the rookie symposium, having to be held back from attacking a ref and disrespecting his head coach in London.

All this feel goodie stuff about Schiano sounds good, but it’s SOP for players to trash a jettisoned coach. It’s a convenient excuse for poor play. Takes the heat off.

They were all singing rah’s praises as a “players coach” who they would walk through fire for, just like most of you on here were saying. The next Tom Landry and all.

False hope is indeed a strong potion.

However…if his change is real and he continues such efforts, I will hope for the best. The only reason I wanted him off the team was because I didn’t believe he would change without a very harsh reality check (like a long suspension or getting cut).

This is something I hope I am 100% wrong about.

But the truth is, we won’t know if it’s real unless a couple years of good behavior come and go. Just like with Michael Pittman being abusive to his woman. He changed his ways and grew on us.

We are going to be physical, make less mistakes mentally and grow into
the powerhouse we want to see on Sundays. Get on board now or forever go away.

Buccaneers in 2012?

Can’t WAIT!!!