Aqib Talib suspended for one game for violating Personal Conduct Policy

Jay Glazer's reporting that Aqib Talib got suspended for one game for his cabby-slugging incident last year.

Update: Adam Schefter is reporting that the Bucs previously appealed the sentence but the appeal was denied.

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They sure took their time.

Why didn’t hand out this punishment last year when it was pertinent?

5 picks out of the first 100 in a draft saturated with talent. Yes, I'm optimistic.

by chuckyforpres on Aug 31, 2010 2:53 PM EDT reply actions

It took a long time for the legal process to end last year

I think that’s what they were waiting for. Add to that that the Bucs were appealing the suspension too, so that took some time.

by Sander on Aug 31, 2010 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Thats absolutely garbage!

Aqibs my favorite Buc right now I’m traveling from PA to come watch week one.

by freeman05 on Aug 31, 2010 3:11 PM EDT reply actions

..but let’s face it, he assaulted a guy. Hopefully it serves as yet another reminder to him to keep his nose to the grindstone. He is our best player in the secondary, possibly on the whole team. We need him to start taking his role on the team and in the community more seriously.

Does this mean Lewis will get a chance to play an entire game? Or would it be Mack?

If you will it, dude, it is no dream.

by Kilgore on Aug 31, 2010 3:20 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, I'm pleasantly surprised it wasn't more than this

Though I’d kind of thought the NFL forgot about the incident after this much time.

by Sander on Aug 31, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions

4 games for a 2 time rapist

1 game for assault.

Suspension was fine.

Maddon's Mission
Make you want to kill him, then make you want to love him. Sly.

by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2010 10:31 PM EDT

by Doug09 on Aug 31, 2010 4:05 PM EDT up reply actions

Alleged rapist

And yes, there’s a difference. Charges weren’t even filed against Roethlisberger, Talib all but admitted guilt by agreeing to enter that intervention program.

by Sander on Aug 31, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Alleged assaulter than

Talib was never convicted of anything.

Settlement =/= admission of guilt.

Maddon's Mission
Make you want to kill him, then make you want to love him. Sly.

by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2010 10:31 PM EDT

by Doug09 on Aug 31, 2010 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Intervention program =/= admission of guilt either.

Maddon's Mission
Make you want to kill him, then make you want to love him. Sly.

by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2010 10:31 PM EDT

by Doug09 on Aug 31, 2010 4:14 PM EDT up reply actions

the other dudes in the car corroborated the driver's story

right?

If you will it, dude, it is no dream.

by Kilgore on Aug 31, 2010 4:46 PM EDT up reply actions

No, but it's a lot closer to admission of guilt than not being charged at all

by Sander on Aug 31, 2010 4:49 PM EDT up reply actions

I hope Talib

Realizes that this isn’t college anymore, he can’t get away with cutting classes and doing stupid ass shit anymore. He should just man up and just shadow Ronde Barber around and try to pick up as much as he can. Barber is one of the best DBs in buc history and if he wants to be anything close to that he will keep out of trouble. We are already thin at DB. And i hope this is the last negative thing we hear about him…

by shadowchicken on Aug 31, 2010 3:25 PM EDT reply actions

The Bucs have been saying he's really matured this offseason

Though who knows how much of that is true.

by Sander on Aug 31, 2010 3:27 PM EDT up reply actions

And lets be honest

the father of a troubled kid will always say he is a good kid….so i feel maybe they are just saying that so we still have hope of going 8-8

by shadowchicken on Aug 31, 2010 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions

Still, we haven't heard a peep this offseason about any bad behaviour

Let’s hope that continues

by Sander on Aug 31, 2010 3:30 PM EDT up reply actions

The guy has practically been an angel for a year.

This is what I hate the most about this suspension, it rehashes way too much negative crap.

Maddon's Mission
Make you want to kill him, then make you want to love him. Sly.

by Jonah Keri on Jun 19, 2010 10:31 PM EDT

by Doug09 on Aug 31, 2010 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions

One of the Best???

Can you name one better??

Josh Freeman will be better than Matt Ryan, not so sure about Drew Brees!!

by TruBuc on Aug 31, 2010 4:10 PM EDT up reply actions

John Lynch wants to be in that conversation

by Sander on Aug 31, 2010 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions

I think Biggers gets the start over Mack

by buccer on Aug 31, 2010 3:29 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, I'd think so too

What I"m interested in is the roster implications. They could cut Mack for a roster spot, keeping 4 CBs and then using Tanard Jackson for this one game to play some corner in emergency situations. They could also keep Mack, but then Myron Lewis probably won’t see the field much and they’d be down another roster spot – maybe forcing them to cut Corey Lynch.

by Sander on Aug 31, 2010 3:32 PM EDT up reply actions

I imagine we are going to lose one of the two

by buccer on Sep 1, 2010 5:56 AM EDT up reply actions

It would make sense....but I wouldn't count out both of them making the team.

Stranger things have happened

"I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault." ~ Jack Tatum

by MNeilson on Sep 1, 2010 11:16 AM EDT up reply actions

Mack was burned on the outside plenty of times last year.

Roberson played well in Talib’s absence last year (in the Atlanta game), and Biggers is playing well. We still have Myron Lewis.

It ‘is’ the Browns, and they don’t have a very dangerous receiver. Whew..

by rjblitz02 on Aug 31, 2010 3:33 PM EDT reply actions

man I really like Talib on the field

but off the field he just sounds like a trouble maker. Hopefully he matures(I hope they are telling the truth when they say he is maturing this offseason), because he has a very bright future in football ahead of him.

"Pacing back and forth as he decides retirement, Brett Favre accidentally completes Redskins conditioning test." — ESPN.com's Jeff MacGregor

by thedudeofdudes on Aug 31, 2010 5:08 PM EDT reply actions

Talk about timely discipline. Geeze.

I understand appeals take a while, but this seems like overkill. Can he be suspended for our bye week, at least?

"I like to believe that my best hits border on felonious assault." ~ Jack Tatum

by MNeilson on Aug 31, 2010 5:39 PM EDT reply actions

+1

5 picks out of the first 100 in a draft saturated with talent. Yes, I'm optimistic.

by chuckyforpres on Sep 1, 2010 12:00 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm just glad that Cleveland as of right now doesn't have any killer WR

One could show up during the game but at least the Bucs are not missing against a team with a true elite WR.. only silver lining I can think of at the moment, when I heard the news, combined with the Ward cutting.. i let out a nice long FFFFFF….

"I've got nothing to prove,"- Warren Sapp

by ReaderM on Aug 31, 2010 5:59 PM EDT reply actions

CLE does have some promising young WRs...

like Mohamed Massaquoi, Chansi Stuckey and rookie Carlton Mitchell. We don’t have anyone that can run with him, so this game would be a test even with Talib.

by Cracker Ball on Sep 1, 2010 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions

I believe biggers will get the start in place of talib.

Not only do they have unproven receivers in cleveland but they won’t be a passing team. They’re going to stick to the run. Of course they’re going to test talib’s replacement a few times but thats to be expected. It could be a lot worse so lets just be happy its not the colts week 1.

"You have to play this game like somebody just hit your mother with a two-by-four."
-Dan Birdwell

by TheOneInRed on Sep 1, 2010 1:40 PM EDT reply actions