Trouble for Talib

[LZ]

Talib will not be a Texan. He has more than just weed issues in his background. He's not a good guy and teams already knew this about him. I had this on my blog a few months back but I called them "character issues". To be sure, teams knew all about this already.

 

[Polo]

Oh, see this changes everything.

Even regular jobs that urine test have agents that detect that stuff...


When I had to take test for the NCAA if your pee was too clear they gave you a couple of capri suns, made you sit there and drink them, and then re-test you...

 

[threetoedpete]

Talib will not be a Texan. He has more than just weed issues in his background. He's not a good guy and teams already knew this about him. I had this on my blog a few months back but I called them "character issues". To be sure, teams knew all about this already.

He is a top ten athelete.There's no doubt bout that.

If the Texans had a full compliment of the draft picks...I'd be ok with the gamble. But they do not. and the #1 CB is down...no way in hades they take this gamble. Which ever CB they choose they gotta hit someone they can depend on. " I swear I'll never do it again" isn't going to cut it....If they want to gamble like this...gamble on Jake in the third.

 

[CloakNNNdagger]

For a more detailed article than that of PFW>>>>>>>from the Kansas City Star

Talib’s status could be more tenuous. He was suspended for two games in 2006 for disciplinary reasons and has numerous non-drug-related issues that concern teams. Mangino would not say whether the penalty was for drug-related issues.

“I don’t discuss any of our disciplinary measures publicly,” Mangino said. “That’s my policy with everybody.”

 

[Wolf]

http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/592523.html

LAWRENCE | During the 1998 NFL draft, Floyd Reese was one of 20 general managers who passed on Randy Moss. Seven years later, Reese drafted Pacman Jones sixth overall.

So Reese, the former general manager of the Tennessee Titans, understands the intricacies of how supposed character concerns can play out on draft day.

Reese does not know how today will go for Kansas cornerback Aqib Talib, who admitted to NFL officials at the NFL Combine in February that he tested positive for marijuana three times while at KU, according to Pro Football Weekly. But Reese has seen enough to know that Talib could drop much further than his talents by themselves would dictate.

Talib, a first-team All-America selection who picked off five passes for the Jayhawks last season, is now considered a risk. Earlier this week, former Washington and Houston Texans general manager Charley Casserly said on the NFL Network that he would not touch Talib.

“We have two draft boards,” Casserly said. “We have the one we’re drafting and the one we’re not drafting. He’s on the one we’re not drafting.

“The problem is you’re guessing. That’s all you’re doing. You have no idea. These are young men. They make mistakes. Do they learn from them? Some do. Some don’t. History tells you that people repeat mistakes. Your past is a predictor of the future. You’re playing percentages. Is it unfair to him? Yes it is. But you gotta play percentages. I think he comes off the board.”

I think CC got the boards switched while with the Texans