Comments on: Aqib Talib trade working out well for Patriots http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 03:05:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: alskdh http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2270841 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:00:16 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2270841 We need a new rule that all of the spygate haters have to create a signature with which team they represent before posting about spygate/belicheat, etc.

]]> By: bucrightoff http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2270512 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:23:51 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2270512 Nah, I wouldn’t say the Bucs gave up on Talib too soon. He is a UFA after the season and with all the issues he had in Tampa, he wasn’t coming back anyways. A win-win for both teams here, the Pats get a talented but troubled player, the Bucs get something for a player they weren’t bringing back.

]]> By: patsfiend http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269721 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:48:55 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269721 Talib’s tackle of Foster on 4th down might have been the best tackle (even though he made the 1st down) by a Pats db all year. The whole defense got a lift from that.

]]> By: rockthered1286 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269660 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:34:54 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269660 Where’s the story about Corey Graham? You know, the CB the Ravens picked up in the offseason (WITHOUT giving up a 4th rd pick) who was said to be a 4th or 5th CB and primarily a special teams guy that has (due to injuries) worked his way into a starting role and has playing some phenomenal football this year, including 2 picks of Manning, one for a TD and one to seal the 2OT win last week? And furthermore, where is the note about Ozzie finding these guys in the offseason that everyone has given up on that tend to play key roles? Want me to name a few? Corey Graham, Jacoby Jones this year and in the past guys like Chris Carr, Bryant McKinnie (who has played fantastic at LT in the playoffs), and Matt Birk.

]]> By: djcologne http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269573 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:15:31 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269573 The Patriots used to be a squeeky clean outfit but now they bring in questionable guys like Aqib Turdlib. I’m sure the hoodie will be salavating over the release of Rolando McClain…..

]]> By: mullman76 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269539 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:08:08 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269539 First of all- I hate the patriots. Passionately. Tuck Rule amd all.

However, William B. constantly turns his roster over (save Brady) and continues to win, consistently, for over ten years. The chowds are lucky to have him.

That being said, they do cheat and take the term “gamesmanship” to new levels, but so be it.

Just like the RAIDERS in the 70′s and 80′s, the patriots wear the black hat in this league now- like it or not. William and William are just as crafty (shady) and cunning (conniving) as Al Davis (RIP) ever was.

Embrace it chowd lovers, it’s a good thing. I just wish more of you transplant donkeys would stay home and stop jamming up my beautiful California. Be sure to tell a friend.

]]> By: azarkhan http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269533 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:05:39 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269533 All the Patriot defensive players can tackle, but Talib is an excellent tackler. I love watching him work. They should put his tackles on an instruction video.

]]> By: schmitty2 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269487 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:54:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269487 Talib is doing well with the Pats but the real question should be..how’s Mama Talib doing?

]]> By: sschmiggles http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269434 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:33:08 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269434 Where are all the Buc fans saying a fourth rounder was a steal for TB? Funny how they’ve all disappeared now.

]]> By: weepingjebus http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269418 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:28:57 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269418 Not sure why folks give Belichick heat about his “troubled player” pickups sometimes not working out, like Haynesworth. These are guys no other team wants, who are often playing (or not playing) their way right out of the league. The fact that Belichick gets even half of them to turn back into quality players is amazing. Most other teams would be happy to get 10% of them to turn out well.

]]> By: bleedgreen http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269351 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:05:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269351 Are you really saying that the Pats ‘aren’t that good’ because they’re 3-2 in the Super Bowl in the last 11 years? SERIOUSLY? How many teams haven’t even been in the PLAYOFFS 5 times in the last 11 years, let alone in the Super Bowl. I don’t even LIKE the Pats, but theres gotta be some respect for that.

With that said, the problem really wasn’t ever DURING the season for Talib. It was in the off season when he went back to being a hood rat at home, that the problems start.

]]> By: realdealsteel http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269325 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:56:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269325 I”m a Steelers fan,

And all this talk about the Patriots cheating is a bunch of crap. The Patriots are legit and if it wasn’t for some miracle plays by Eli Manning, Brady and Bellichick would be in a place where no one could ever touch them.

Their organization is solid, and they have a clear vision of what they want to do. Anyone who keeps talking about this “cheat” stuff are fans who are jealous because their team can’t do the same.

The Patriots beat people on the field.

You wish your team were as solid and your front office as focused as the Patriots.

]]> By: ravenator http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269311 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:49:28 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269311 Pats fans are going to cry when Fllacco torches their secondary

]]> By: wayne1693 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269310 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:49:21 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269310 I would love someone to explain to me what the major risk was…? The Patriots desperately needed help in pass defense. The Patriots have a track record of taking so-called ‘problem’ players & transforming them. They gave up one 4th-round pick, not like giving up a 1st or 2nd rounder. Plus, they got another draft-pick along with Aq.T. The trade makes Tampa Bay look like fools, rather than making New England look like gamblers.

]]> By: bucforever http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269304 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:46:24 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269304 Looks like the Bucs probably pulled the trigger too soon on Talib. And did Belichick actually say a whole paragraph about him? Amazing!

]]> By: ballinmore http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269295 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:43:35 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269295 Was really hoping the Ravens would trade for him after Webb went down for the year. Deal looked like a steal at the time and even more of one now. 4th round pick for first round talent when he came out and you get a pick in return? Unreal.

]]> By: wikidpissah http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269278 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:38:56 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269278 gotampabay52 says: Jan 17, 2013 7:15 AM

Good luck talib this weekend ravens got big wr you will get torched take the fourth rd and you not in Tampa you wont be in the super bowl sorry
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If nothing else, that post will make you keep your kids out of Tampa schools.

]]> By: rodneyharrisonstruckstick http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269241 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:26:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269241 Hey all you Belicheat spygate squids..

Since 2004 the pats are 98-30.. w/ playoffs 106-36

The Patriots have turned over and rebuilt their roster twice during that period.. some teams haven’t even had a winning season during that span, Period!!

Since “spygate” the pats are 76-20. w/ playoffs 81-24… No team can come close to sniffing that.. talk all you want, facts are facts. The pitch was filmed from right field not center field. Despite being ruled illegal, that somehow diminishes the play on the field? you are idiots.

no need to edit this out admin!

]]> By: thegregwitul http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269234 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:23:22 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269234 It’s a solid pickup for sure. Talib isn’t elite, but he’s the best player in the Pats secondary. He’ll get you interceptions but he’ll also give up catches. All in all both teams got what they were looking for; the Pats bolstered their secondary for a possible Super Bowl run and Tampa can continue to rebuild with a draft pick for a player they were going to let walk away at the end of the season.

Personally, my favorite thing is reading all of the pro-Talib comments from Pats fans on this site. The same people who were clicking the thumbs down or calling the man a turd when the gun situation came up a year ago now mistaken the man for the second coming of Deion
Sanders. It’s funny how things change once the ‘turd’ in question becomes a teammate as opposed to an opponent.

I always defended Talib during the gun ordeal, read the full story and you’ll probably end up doing the same, however, his other incidents ranging from fighting his own teammate at the rookie symposium to slugging a cabbie to popping Adderal are pretty much indefensible and is the fault of Talib, not Tampa Bay the team or city. Keep this in mind Pats fans if you resign Talib at the end of the season, because he’s one more screw up from a long term suspension.

]]> By: ampats http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269233 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:23:11 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269233 To fanofevilempire and other haters,

Let me be the first Patriots fan to say it gives us great pleasure to know how miserable your lives must be every weekend during the season as the Patriots win 12 + games and compete for the SB EVERY SEASON !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Could be 6 SB’s in the past 12 seasons. Keep Hating because in New England we love the Pats and Bill Belichick !

]]> By: piratefreedom http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269232 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:23:03 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269232 To footballfan58 says: Jan 17, 2013 7:24 AM

Just enjoy it.

We’ll know when this wonderful era is really over, it will be when the snivelers find another winner to snivel about.

Until then we’ll have the snivelers around to acknowledge the king in their own special way.

What is best in football?

To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their whiners.

]]> By: sajeddk http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269228 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:22:02 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269228 Shocker another spy gate comment which taping was legal until 2006 and every coach did it. Other coaches have also commented on spying in the opposing teams play calling booth and they still do!! And yes 2superbowls without taping and 2 losses on freak plays still isn’t bad what has ur team done probably nothing

]]> By: pef12 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269216 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:17:43 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269216 Haters be sippin that jealous wannabe whine.

]]> By: nicepak381 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269203 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:13:59 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269203 Funny how all these players who had troubles elsewhere come to the Patriots and fit right into the system, amazing really. Chad, for example, was a big ego maniac until he came here and became a model citizen (too bad he couldn’t learn the plays). Corey Dillon was another problem whom Coach B. straightened out. Talib is behaving himself and is really helping the team. Some of these young guys just need strong leadership to set them straight and they find plenty of it in NE.

]]> By: ravensallday2012 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269198 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 13:11:34 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269198 Torrey smith will burn him all game long

]]> By: cylondetector http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269151 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:51:53 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269151 A good pick-up for sure.

Allowing McCourty to slide to FS and Gregory to SS has revamped the backfield.

]]> By: patsfan13 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269147 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:50:25 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269147 Coach Bill has a record of taking players that other teams didn’t want, and made them productive. He may not have been 100% successful, but then again, who is?

]]> By: darkblue08 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269140 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:47:38 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269140 His already earned the 7th round pick. Today there are more undrafted players that makes teams then 7th round picks.
If he can stay out of trouble himself, Patriots will spell trouble for other teams for the next few years.

]]> By: filthymcnasty1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269137 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:46:14 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269137 He’s been in New England 2 and half months now without shooting anybody. So that’s pretty good.

]]> By: duncanthecat http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/17/aqib-talib-trade-working-out-well-for-patriots/#comment-2269131 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:41:19 +0000 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=1645755#comment-2269131 Lucky Bill. Partly makes up for sending Washington their 5th this year for HAYNESWORTH.

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