Talib Explains Bucs Fans Deeply Embraced Him
October 2nd, 2016
Aqib Talib talks about what happened after his plane landed in Tampa
Have things gotten so bad in Bucs football nation that fans have taken to embracing team villians of years gone by?
It seems so.
Now Joe always enjoyed interacting with helmet-wielding, cabbie-slugging, Adderrall-popping, coach-cussing, referee-charging, pistol-friendly, granny-hassling Aqib Talib. But the guy was a menace to the Buccaneers when he played for the team — always in trouble and not always on the field.
Nobody could count on him after 4 1/2 seasons of shenanigans in Tampa. So he was traded to the Belicheats during the 2012 season.
Ever since, Talib has played like a Hall of Famer.
Speaking yesterday after his Broncos shut down the Bucs 27-7 and Talib notched two interceptions, Talib explained to Joe and assembled media that Bucs fans embraced him the moment he arrived back in Tampa with the reigning Super Bowl champs.
“Man, it was special,” Talib said. “Man, I got a warm welcome off the plane, into the hotel, on the field. I got a warm welcome, man, to be able to put on a show like that in front of the fans I still have in Tampa. It was special.”
What the hell is going on here? Talib comes to town and gets the royal embrace from Bucs fans — real Bucs fans?
JoeBucsFan.com. So you’re saying that at the hotel there were Bucs fans greeting you?
Aqib Talib: Yeah, I got a warm welcome at the [team] hotel. Bigger than expected, so it was wonderful.
Stunning.
As far as Joe’s concerned, the people embracing Talib like that were imposter Bucs fans. It’s not like Talib was some sort of franchise icon when he was here.
Perhaps those alleged Bucs fans were somehow hoping Talib would misinterpret their overtures and would punch them in the face, and they would hit him with a lawsuit? That’s the only way Joe cane make sense of it.
October 3rd, 2016 at 12:11 am
LMFAO…DAM!
October 3rd, 2016 at 12:12 am
Real recognize real.
October 3rd, 2016 at 12:16 am
Good for him.
October 3rd, 2016 at 12:21 am
U can go back on all my old post – concerning Aqib
I’ve always been staunch supporter – of the youngman.
Keep grinding son.
October 3rd, 2016 at 12:33 am
Talib still has a fan base here because all my friends that use to work their way through college working in the bar and restaurant industry..will all say he was a great tipper…he would tip 100 percent of his bar bill and food bill..
October 3rd, 2016 at 12:33 am
Let me add..unlike Sapp who is notorious for stiffing…
October 3rd, 2016 at 12:37 am
Talib is like your son who you saw make so many poor choices early on but now that he’s grown and become a stud you are proud for him.
October 3rd, 2016 at 12:50 am
If Talib had stayed in Tampa it’s not out of the realm of possibility that he would be out of the league by now. I say that because of how he was constantly getting in trouble and that speaks to how little respect he had for the team and the fans. Kinda like ASJ, it’s not that the team couldn’t use him, it’s that his lack of respect made it impossible to get any value on the field and his cons had outweighed his pros. Sure he got some pretty stats, but how much good did that do? How much good that do during Rah’s 10 gane losing streak when teams were droping 40+ on us every week? Or the next year, under Schiano when our pass defense was historically bad?
October 3rd, 2016 at 1:07 am
Lets see… what was it that got Talib in so much trouble, the “last straw”… Oh I remember, it was the gun charge, you know because Talib is such garbage he assaulted someone with a gun and tried to blame it on his mother.
Or wait… maybe there’s more to the story and the local media did an incredibly poor job of telling that story.
My understanding of the gun story was that Talib’s sister was being harassed by her ex. OK, well that’s no reason for a gun to get involved, well except her ex was a convicted sex offender and as violating a restraining order.
Since when do we criticize people for protecting their family from criminal garbage? I don’t care about the taxi or him getting in a fight in practice, no one claimed he was a good person – but at least when it came to his family he did the right thing, the only sad part is that he missed. His mother tried to take the blame for firing the gun, I’m not sure what happened to that part of the story, but man – condemning someone for that is insane.
I applaud Talib for being a good player, I don’t care if he’s a good guy or not. We can have a team of boy scouts and an 34,000 at games, or better we can mix good and bad guys like we did in the late 90s and early 2000s and have a team that people actually care about.
October 3rd, 2016 at 1:14 am
Talib was a headache for the team but always has talent.
What we saw is that team needed a coach to teach them to be professional men, and Rah just wasn’t that guy. Look at the player Talib has turned into under better coaches. Talent was always there.
Really dissapointed in JW, Koetter, oline, Mike Smith and the secondary today.
October 3rd, 2016 at 1:16 am
@Rod
Totally agree. I hated when we made that trade.
October 3rd, 2016 at 1:23 am
Because Buc fans are tired of the garbage and excuses year in and year out. This orginization is lucky anyone spends a dime on a ticket. By the end of this disasterous year, they’ll be playing in front of 20000, if they’re lucky. Buc fans are jumping ship and rooting for Buc players doing well elsewhere. Just think of a DB duo of Talib and Revis, Blount playing with Martin and taking Martins spot when he goes down,damn this orginization pisses me off
October 3rd, 2016 at 6:48 am
Sh*t, Talib still my favorite corner. He was the best in the league in my eyes while he was here. This didn’t have Zero pass rush while he was here that every other top tier corner had.
October 3rd, 2016 at 7:18 am
Tampa fans and residents are bandwagoners by nature since the Bucs have been a joke outside of 10 years. So they wanna latch onto a winner like Talib who has yet to be on a bad team since being exiled by The worst gm in Bucs history
October 3rd, 2016 at 7:37 am
I didn’t think Talib was that big a problem for the Bucs. My opinion is if they’re not in jail they should be able to play. I would rather have players that are in trouble and a winning team than saints and losing. Talib, Blount, Revis, just think how much better this team would be if still had them.
October 3rd, 2016 at 7:49 am
I am not a fan for letting go of good players for off field issues… Including ASJ
In college in Dallas in 90s, Jerry Jones wasnt dropping any players for the bullsht going down there- and there was plenty. Not even going to bring up the cocaine party house being rented.
October 3rd, 2016 at 8:08 am
To the person who took the time to write this of what I did as a kid, Look at me now…..HATER! We threw this talent to the trash pile the same way we did ASJ and others, this team is lacking in a it of areas talent being a big one but not the most important one! BUC FANS stop coming down so hard on your players they are the players for your team! When they find trouble, find a solution not the trash-pile, because you know what they say about one man’s trash! TALIB BE BLINGING! 12 games to play with 8 more games to win to show improvement over the last REGIME!
October 3rd, 2016 at 8:47 am
Hey joe,
I’m a die hard bucs fan, but I can’t even lie. I rocks with Talib. He was a headache, but I knew he could ball. I still root for him but not the teams.
October 3rd, 2016 at 9:28 am
I think bucs fans are sending message, management and coaches should management top talent and not discard them when they become an “issue”.
We are sick of letting the Blounts, Talibs, ASJs, and etc go because nobody knows how to manage their stars. This is little league, everyone doesn’t get treated the same.
October 3rd, 2016 at 9:29 am
isn’t* little league