Aqib Talib has a trial looming in March for felony assault with a deadly weapon and injuries that have cut each of his last two seasons short by about five games. But there is no reason to think the shutdown cornerback will be shut out of One Buc Place in 2012. At least not according to coach Raheem Morris, whose future also is in doubt following eight straight losses. Talib, 25, who has one season remaining on a five-year deal that will pay him $2,152,500 in 2012, was placed on injured reserve Monday after aggravating a hamstring strain in the first quarter of the Bucs' 31-15 loss to Dallas Saturday. "Aqib is a really good football player," Morris said Tuesday. "If we can get Aqib back healthy and get him going, get him stronger, get him faster, get him better — all those things he'll do this off-season, we can't wait to go back to war with him and get him back on our football team. So he's always one of those guys like that." Source: St. Petersburg Times
