Draft Picks in a Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Brawl?

by Buc Beast on Jul 7, 2008 2:13 AM EDT Comment 1 comment

Soooo it seems (7th Round Pick) RB Cory Boyd and (1st Round Pick) CB Aqib Talib are arguing with each other all day at the rookie symposium and it turns into a fist fight during the budgets and finance meeting… Both of them had suspension problems in college.. and they embarrass the Bucs .. i mean they didn't even fight someone from another team!! What do you guys think about this mess? Does anyone have any details?? Right now with [Jerramy] Stevens problems people are starting to stare hard at the bucs.

JScott:
Rays Rule provides an excerpt from Buc Stats in the comments section about what had and might have happened leading up to the scuffle. Other than the report from Pro Football Talk I havent heard a single thing about this altercation, which is odd seeing how the Tampa Newspapers absolutely love this sort of stuff (who doesn’t). Regardless it’s a pretty sad story. I’m sure they’re over it now, but teammates’ fighting is unbelievable. It’ll be interesting to see how those two move on considering Training Camp will provide more than a couple occasions where they will compete head-to-head.

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Here's the details courtesy of BucStats.com

Rookies Are Jackasses
So, at the NFL Rookie Symposium, a four day convention to teach rookies how to behave like professionals, two players got into a fist fight. One player was a Buccaneer, and the other player was… a Buccaneer!

The players were Aqib Talib and Cory Boyd. Talib was a first-round pick of the Buccaneers; Boyd was a seventh-round selection of the same team.
The players were in a budget and finances meeting, where rookies from four teams were gathered. Talib and Boyd had been jawing at each other for a while, and it came to a head during that specific session.

Last year’s 20th overall pick, Aaron Ross, got a $13.5 million contract from the Giants with $8 million in guarantees. Talib will presumably get a little more than that. Boyd will probably be relegated to the practice squad this year, earning a salary of $76,500 ($4,500 per week for 17 game weeks.) It’s not all that surprising that two guys with histories of causing trouble got into a fight during a class about finances when such a huge disparity exists between them.

Instructor: Next we’re going to talk about investments and managing large sums of money.
Talib: Hey Boyd, you don’t need to be here for this. Go run and get me a Coke.
Boyd: Fuck you.
Talib: Seriously, I’ll give you $1,000 right now for a Coke.
Boyd: * punches Talib in genitals *

That’s one possible scenario. There are others that involve liberal uses of the “N” word and “bitch”, too, but I think you see the point. The fact is that these guys were in a place that is specifically set up to show them how to act right, surrounded by people bombarding them with messages of professionalism and warnings of the consequences of screwing up. And they get into a fight in the middle of one of the classes. That takes a special kind of stupid usually reserved for episodes of COPS. Or Gator fans. Maybe the team should consider keeping an extra cornerback on the roster. Talib may not make it through the whole season.

When he heard about the incident, Jerramy Stevens commented, “A fist fight? Aww, that’s cute.”

by Rays Rule on Jul 7, 2008 3:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs