1st Round, Twentieth Overall: Buccaneers Select Aqib Talib [He And Josh Howard Can Be Friends]

Published: April 26, 2008, 5:25 pm

Tags: he and josh howard can be friends, nfl draft, tampa bay buccaneers

Talib blew off his scheduled visit with the Cowboys last month. Mario Manningham blew the Cowboys interview off at the Combine. Now I hate the stinkin' Cowboys as much as any kid who grew up a snowball's throw away from Veterans Stadium, but since when do NFL prospects blow off the Cowboys? They're a glamour franchise coming off a great year, and their owner is one of the most powerful men in sports, a guy who drives a cement mixer filled with hundred dollar bills and will drop them in a player's driveway if he likes what he sees. What are these kids thinking? "Oh, Jerry Jones wants to talk to me, but I just bought Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii, and I can't go anywhere until I figure out how to beat Sonic with Samus." Oh, Talib smokes grass. That explains it. Talib's marijuana problems (he tested positive three times at Kansas) shouldn't surprise anyone. In many photos, the kid's a dead ringer for Snoop Dogg, though in fairness I should point out that Snoop is taller,

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