Aqib Talib Likes To Swear

November 03, 2009 at 09:18am by Scott   •  5 Comments »

For the second week in a row, WDAE tried to break some sensationalistic, juicy news, only to have the reality of the situation not live up to the hype. This time, it was the news that Aqib Talib broke curfew while in London (not a big deal) and that he screamed and swore at Raheem Morris when confronted about it (possibly a big deal). Raheem talked about it on his radio show yesterday.

Yes, Aqib Talib missed curfew following the Bucs’ 35-7 loss to New England in London Oct. 25.

No, he was not the Lone Ranger. [Umm, what? -- ed.]

Yes, he was met in the lobby at the team hotel by coach Raheem Moirris.

No, Bucs officials say, he did not curse out Morris, as reported by 620-WDAE.

If you know Talib, profanity is part of the way he speaks. It’s unfortunate, but true. Let’s say he disagreed with the notion that a grown man requires a curfew on what would normally be his free time.

Why is profanity so fucking unfortunate? Profanity is awesome. Those words can mean literally anything. “Now that was some fucking shit.” That statement works whether I’m talking about the greatest fireworks display ever or the death of my mother. In fact, I think we should change the phrase on our money from “E Pluribus Unum” to “America, Fuck Yeah!” You could get us out of the recession with that one change because Americans would be so excited just to slap a bill down on a counter to make their profane, patriotic statement.

Talib is on board the profane train, so it’s absolutely not news that he was swearing in front of Morris. But the way Steve Duemig made it sound (I believe he used the phrase “cursed out”), Talib was calling Morris names or disrespecting him using swear words. That’s obviously not the case. There’s a huge difference between…

“Why I fuckin’ gotta be in at fuckin’ 9:00, Rah? What the fuck?!? I’m a grown fuckin’ man. This is some bullshit right here.”

and…

“Fuck you, Rah. I’ll come in when I want and there ain’t a goddamn motherfuckin’ thing you can do about it. Go fuck yourself.”

The former is a hotheaded player blowing off steam, the latter is a challenge of authority. But, again, it gets much more attention from everyone to report the latter regardless of what the truth is. Strike two, WDAE. You are quickly becoming the Weekly World News of football, and there’s no way the Buccaneers are going to continue their association with a second-rate operation like that.