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Head Coach Jon Gruden on 1st Round Draft Pick CB Aqib Talib

Buccaneers.com provides a good collection of quotes from Head Coach Jon Gruden about 1st Round Draft Pick CB Aqib Talib:

Gruden on Talib the person:

"You're going to meet a guy that has tremendous confidence, he's got a real passion to play," Gruden said. "It's a contagious vibe. He's a leader at [KU], and when you watch him practice or when you see him play, you know who No. 3 is. You just can't help but walk away feeling his presence on a football field. He's that kind of competitor and playmaker. He's a guy that sits on the edge of the chair and he just wants to go out and play," Gruden said. "He wants to be in the yard playing ball, it's just what he does. We need that. We need some juice here, certainly some playmaking, and we need some confidence. Sometimes when he plays there's a little arrogance, honestly. I like this guy a lot. He's a great kid. Football means the world to him, and I think he'll represent us well. I expect him to come in here and full-force compete," Gruden said. "He's in a competitive situation. We feel like we've got two very good corners here, Ronde [Barber] and Phillip Buchanon, and Eugene Wilson gives us some real versatility, a guy that can play the nickel, play either safety position. It's good to have some ball-hawking guys back there that can cover man-to-man and instinctively play the football when it's in flight." - Buccaneers.com

Defensive Coordinator Monte Kiffin on Talib's ability to start:

"We always let guys come in and compete, especially first-round or second-round picks. They are going to come in and compete, but that doesn't mean that we just start them. They have to earn it because we like who we have right now. But you can't have enough corners" - Buccaneers.com

Those are some great quotes. The more and more I read about Talib, the more I like him. If you're Phillip Buchanon you have to be a little worried. I mean this smells exactly like the Will Allen - Tanard Jackson competition last season at safety and we know who won that battle and rightfully so. It's a great problem to have. Obviously the competition is between Talib and Buchanon and it appears Eugene Wilson will be used as a tweener, a go between two positions type character. I like that. Thats a nice young secondary should Talib catch on: Jermaine Phillips, Tanard Jackson, and Aqib Talib.. We also have Sabby Piscitelli waiting in the wings. Hopefully these cats learn from the best in Ronde Barber.

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We will see!  I hope he is all that.

by lzinn on Apr 27, 2008 9:22 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

the kid makes plays
the guy from our Kansas Blog vouches for his play making ability and swears the guys -pot smoking days- are behind him, as he recently had a daughter and is now a changed man...

like you said, we'll see

by JScott on Apr 27, 2008 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bah
I hated what happened with Ricky Williams, I think the NFLs policies on marijuana use are ridiculous.. We have players getting busted for DUIs, with painkiller addiction, and general thuggish behavior but they come down on football playing pot heads like they were the worst scum imaginable, yet thugs like Pacman are given a slap on the wrist and promptly reinstated...  I swear, if cocaine didn't exit the system so fast, just about every player and their mother would be thrown out of the league.

Football players are human too, not just investments under the NFLs control.

by ghosthippo on Apr 28, 2008 11:58 AM EDT reply actions   0 recs

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