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  • Peyton Manning is Better Than Brady, Says Talib

    When the best quarterbacks in the NFL are discussed, it’s no surprise that Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are often mentioned. But the debate over who is better out of the two is not so easy to decide.

    Former New England Patriots cornerback Aqib Talib, however, has weighed in on the conversation and put his two cents in, although it may be a bit biased considering he was just signed to the Denver Broncos, the team for which Manning plays.

    “You gotta go Peyton Manning,” Talib told the NFL Network. “Tom is a good friend of mine — what’s up Tom, baby. Manning had an awesome year. He tore it up. He like set the record for touchdowns. He beat Tom in the AFC Championship. You gotta give it to Peyton. Tom know that’s my dog man, he know.”

    Talib was named the 79th player in the network’s 2014 Top 100 player series and just signed a six year, $57 million deal with the Broncos. Talib replaced Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and instead of Talib, the Patriots signed Darrelle Revis.

    See the quarterbacks in action:

    “Bill [Belichick] sure didn’t want to give me that money so hey man, he gave it to Revis,” Talib said. “It is what it is.”

    Here’s what Twitter had to say:

    Talib will join former Patriot Wes Welker on the Broncos. Welker received much criticism for an infamous play during the championship game last year in which he collided with Talib and caused him to leave the field. Belichick was reportedly furious with Welker’s actions and even called them “deliberate.”

    Talib, however, has moved passed the questionable play.

    “Man, me and Wes we good, man,” he stated. “It’s a football play, man. It just so happened it happened on a stage in the AFC Championship Game. I watched the play 1,000 times. I’m sure Wes didn’t do it on purpose.”

    Watch the play:

    Who do you think is a better quarterback? Do you think the Broncos made a good decision in signing Talib? Leave your comments below!

    Image via Denver Broncos, Twitter

  • Steve Smith Makes Aqib Talib “Another Notch”

    Steve Smith has been an NFL wide receiver since 2001. Over the past 12 years, Smith has not only earned the reputation of being a great football player, but also a great trash-talker. Apparently Aqib Talib had yet to receive the message before the game between Carolina and New England on Monday Night Football.

    In a contest which pitted the injury-riddled Patriots against the surging Panthers, Smith was able to showcase his two primary talents early on. On the Panthers’s second play of the game, quarterback Cam Newton connected with Smith for a 42 yard completion, much to the chagrin of Patriots cornerback Talib. The embarrassment would continue for Talib as Newton completed a pass to Smith just three plays later, resulting in a first down in Patriots territory.

    So how did Talib deal with the embarrassment of being outplayed by Smith during the first drive of the game? By grabbing Smith’s foot and holding on for dear life, of course. (One can only imagine that Talib was thinking, “If he can’t run, he can’t score on me.”)

    Talib and Smith would continue their antics as the Panthers neared the red zone, with more pushing and shoving between the two which had to be broken up by teammates and officials.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHu4LUcW2jk

    This type of play from these two individuals should come as no surprise. As previously stated, Smith is known for his trash-talk. However, Smith is also known for just being an aggressive dude, having broken the noses of two teammates in the past. Talib is no push-over, though; The Patriots’s cornerback was charged with assault with a deadly weapon for shooting at his sister’s boyfriend, charges which were later dismissed.

    Unfortunately for Talib, he lost on three accounts Monday night. 1) He was burned by Steve Smith on the field, who led the Panthers in receiving yards; 2) Talib’s team lost the game; and 3) Smith got the best of Talib off the field after the game.

    When talking to a reporter after the Panthers’s victory, Smith gave some parting training advice to Talib in response to Talib not being able to play the entire game: “Ice up, son. Ice up.” And once again, the insults would not end there. In a post-game interview with USA Today Sports, Smith stated that Talib had become “Just another notch on the bedpost,” which Wiktionary defines as a phrase deriving “From the practice of keeping track of the number of one’s sexual liaisons by carving notches into the post of one’s bed.”

    I’m not sure if that is he exact meaning Smith had in mind by using the phrase, but if so, one could guess that cornerbacks will afford Smith a bit more personal space in the future.

    [Image via Wikimedia Commons]