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**DaFace** · 03:30 PM

It's in the other Talib thread, but this is obviously newsworthy since we play them this week.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14...-game-eye-poke

Broncos CB Aqib Talib suspended 1 game for poking player in eye
Jeff Legwold, ESPN Staff Writer

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib has been suspended for one game by the NFL for poking Indianapolis Colts tight end Dwayne Allen in the right eye in the closing minutes of the Sunday's 27-24 loss.

However, Talib, according to team sources, is appealing the suspension in the hopes of playing Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs. If the suspension is upheld, Talib would lose one game check -- $323,529.41 on a $5.5 million base salary.

"Talib was penalized for unnecessary roughness late in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game in Indianapolis for forcefully poking an opponent in the eye after the conclusion of a play," the league said in a statement explaining Talib's punishment.

NFL Vice President of Football Operations Merton Hanks "ruled that Talib's action placed his opponent at unnecessary risk of injury and should have been avoided," according to the statement.

"I sat with Aqib on the plane, coming home [Sunday] night,'' said Broncos coach Gary Kubiak on Monday. "I had a long talk with him. He's wrong, he needs to stay out of the situation. It hurt the team, he knows that. But by no means did he, I'm convinced, have intentions of poking anybody in the eye. That's where we're at. I'm come straight from meetings to you guys.''

Kubiak said Broncos executive vice president of football operations/general manager John Elway had been in contact with league officials Monday morning about the incident.

"My understanding is that they were jawing at each other,'' Kubiak said Monday. "And he went to push him, which he shouldn't do anyway, it doesn't matter and obviously his hands are inside his facemask. But I'm convinced and after talking to Aqib that he had no intention of poking anybody in the eye.''

Talib was assessed two penalties that came four plays apart in the final 2 minutes, 35 seconds of Sunday's game. The first was when Talib was flagged for poking Allen in the eye following some pushing and shoving after a 2-yard run by Frank Gore.

Broncos linebacker Von Miller and Allen were facemask to facemask after some post-play shoving and Talib joined the fray and jabbed two fingers inside Allen's helmet.

"From my angle, I see [Allen] head-butt Von a little bit. I went over to poke his head, and I think my hand slipped and hit his face,'' Talib told reporters after the game. "He acted like he got in an 18-passenger car wreck. I guess that's what type of guy he is."

Allen thought it was an intentional act by Talib.

"You're taught since little league football to play to the whistle within the boundaries of the game," Allen said. "I just felt like Aqib, who is a heckuva player, Pro Bowl player, a guy of his caliber I look up to, went outside the boundary of the game and decided to take a cheap shot. Out of nowhere, I saw something, and it went into my eye. First time I've ever been poked in the eye intentionally when I'm not on the bottom of the pile. Very blurry. My eye is still really sore."

Talib responded with "You think I play football to poke people in the eye? It was an honest mistake."

Kubiak said following the game Talib must stay composed as the game gets "chippy.''

"Both sides are talking, and you have to handle your business," Kubiak said late Sunday night. "So that's on me, and I've got to make sure if he's out there he's got to handle his business." Kubiak said after the game that he didn't see what caused the second penalty on Talib but he would take a look at the game video to see what transpired.

"I thought we did a great job of keeping our composure in the second half, thought we got ourselves in a position to win," Kubiak said. "Did we do some not very smart things at the end of the game to not get the ball back? I agree with that.

"[Talib] knows we can't do those things," cornerback Chris Harris Jr. said following the game. "We know we have to keep our composure, and we usually do. Emotions run high. We were going to lose, and people were frustrated all around."

beach tribe · 11-10-2015, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

Next up, Von gets suspended for trying to flatten a guys neck.

Has anything come up about this? How the hell does nothing happen to a guy when he pulls some shit like that??

GloryDayz · 11-10-2015, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Dartgod

Maybe some of you ignorant ****s should get to know some of the members here instead of blindly spewing your hate at anyone who roots for another team.

MHM is a good dude.

This...

TEX · 11-11-2015, 06:56 AM

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Originally Posted by GloryDayz

This...

I respectfully disagree. To each his own.

Mile High Mania · 11-11-2015, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Mother****erJones

So anything happen to Von?

**** Talib. Still won't matter. Alex won't beat Denver yet again.

Yeah, I wonder what the chatter regarding the Von Miller thing has been... on that clip that's making its rounds, looks bad. No idea what happened before it.

Mile High Mania · 11-11-2015, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by TEX

I respectfully disagree. To each his own.

One of the mods likes you and supports your goals. I don't know when it happened, but I just noticed that those two quotes from you that were in my signature line... well, notice I said 'were'. I guess they were removed. Oh well.

MagicHef · 11-11-2015, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

Yeah, I wonder what the chatter regarding the Von Miller thing has been... on that clip that's making its rounds, looks bad. No idea what happened before it.

I doubt he'll get punished, as Von initially tries to get up, but is pulled back down by Doyle. Since it wasn't penalized and I don't believe the Colts have complained about it, I think it falls into the same realm as Starbucks' red cups: something for internet people to get riled up by that no one of any importance actually cares about.

Mother****erJones · 11-11-2015, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

Yeah, I wonder what the chatter regarding the Von Miller thing has been... on that clip that's making its rounds, looks bad. No idea what happened before it.

It takes two to tango...unless you're Talib. So I'm sure it was building up, but he should at least be fined for that shit. He won't though

GloryDayz · 11-11-2015, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

One of the mods likes you and supports your goals. I don't know when it happened, but I just noticed that those two quotes from you that were in my signature line... well, notice I said 'were'. I guess they were removed. Oh well.

Let's hope this place doesn't become the Mange.

Mile High Mania · 11-11-2015, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by GloryDayz

Let's hope this place doesn't become the Mange.

Does TJ still run that thing? I know he lives in DC pretty much now... haven't been over there in years.

Garcia Bronco · 11-11-2015, 03:34 PM

So I looked at this Von thing you guys keep talking about...I am not seeing what the problem is. The colt guy wouldn't let Von up and he fell. I guess the Colts player wasn't done holding him yet.

Mile High Mania · 11-11-2015, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

So I looked at this Von thing you guys keep talking about...I am not seeing what the problem is. The colt guy wouldn't let Von up and he fell. I guess the Colts player wasn't done holding him yet.

Is there a link to a youtube clip? (edit)

Found it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hKBNmUSDvU

Yeah, looks like he falls on the guy, gets up - knee is on the guy, he is being held and stumbles. Maybe out of frustration he put an extra oomph into it... but, looking at that clip, I can see why nothing happened.

Garcia Bronco · 11-11-2015, 03:38 PM

This is the first one I found and stopped looking

http://national.suntimes.com/nationa...pponent-throat

Eleazar · 11-11-2015, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

So I looked at this Von thing you guys keep talking about...I am not seeing what the problem is. The colt guy wouldn't let Von up and he fell. I guess the Colts player wasn't done holding him yet.

When you're a garbage person like Miller is, people aren't going to give you the benefit of the doubt

Pasta Little Brioni · 11-11-2015, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco

So I looked at this Von thing you guys keep talking about...I am not seeing what the problem is. The colt guy wouldn't let Von up and he fell. I guess the Colts player wasn't done holding him yet.

Pasta Little Brioni · 11-11-2015, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mile High Mania

Is there a link to a youtube clip? (edit)

Found it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hKBNmUSDvU

Yeah, looks like he falls on the guy, gets up - knee is on the guy, he is being held and stumbles. Maybe out of frustration he put an extra oomph into it... but, looking at that clip, I can see why nothing happened.

11-09-2015, 03:23 PM
DaFace Kind of a mod Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Donkey Land Casino cash: $-1743101	Talib suspended for the Chiefs game It's in the other Talib thread, but this is obviously newsworthy since we play them this week. http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/14...-game-eye-poke Broncos CB Aqib Talib suspended 1 game for poking player in eye Jeff Legwold, ESPN Staff Writer ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - Denver Broncos cornerback Aqib Talib has been suspended for one game by the NFL for poking Indianapolis Colts tight end Dwayne Allen in the right eye in the closing minutes of the Sunday's 27-24 loss. However, Talib, according to team sources, is appealing the suspension in the hopes of playing Sunday against the Kansas City Chiefs. If the suspension is upheld, Talib would lose one game check -- $323,529.41 on a $5.5 million base salary. "Talib was penalized for unnecessary roughness late in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game in Indianapolis for forcefully poking an opponent in the eye after the conclusion of a play," the league said in a statement explaining Talib's punishment. NFL Vice President of Football Operations Merton Hanks "ruled that Talib's action placed his opponent at unnecessary risk of injury and should have been avoided," according to the statement. "I sat with Aqib on the plane, coming home [Sunday] night,'' said Broncos coach Gary Kubiak on Monday. "I had a long talk with him. He's wrong, he needs to stay out of the situation. It hurt the team, he knows that. But by no means did he, I'm convinced, have intentions of poking anybody in the eye. That's where we're at. I'm come straight from meetings to you guys.'' Kubiak said Broncos executive vice president of football operations/general manager John Elway had been in contact with league officials Monday morning about the incident. "My understanding is that they were jawing at each other,'' Kubiak said Monday. "And he went to push him, which he shouldn't do anyway, it doesn't matter and obviously his hands are inside his facemask. But I'm convinced and after talking to Aqib that he had no intention of poking anybody in the eye.'' Talib was assessed two penalties that came four plays apart in the final 2 minutes, 35 seconds of Sunday's game. The first was when Talib was flagged for poking Allen in the eye following some pushing and shoving after a 2-yard run by Frank Gore. Broncos linebacker Von Miller and Allen were facemask to facemask after some post-play shoving and Talib joined the fray and jabbed two fingers inside Allen's helmet. "From my angle, I see [Allen] head-butt Von a little bit. I went over to poke his head, and I think my hand slipped and hit his face,'' Talib told reporters after the game. "He acted like he got in an 18-passenger car wreck. I guess that's what type of guy he is." Allen thought it was an intentional act by Talib. "You're taught since little league football to play to the whistle within the boundaries of the game," Allen said. "I just felt like Aqib, who is a heckuva player, Pro Bowl player, a guy of his caliber I look up to, went outside the boundary of the game and decided to take a cheap shot. Out of nowhere, I saw something, and it went into my eye. First time I've ever been poked in the eye intentionally when I'm not on the bottom of the pile. Very blurry. My eye is still really sore." Talib responded with "You think I play football to poke people in the eye? It was an honest mistake." Kubiak said following the game Talib must stay composed as the game gets "chippy.'' "Both sides are talking, and you have to handle your business," Kubiak said late Sunday night. "So that's on me, and I've got to make sure if he's out there he's got to handle his business." Kubiak said after the game that he didn't see what caused the second penalty on Talib but he would take a look at the game video to see what transpired. "I thought we did a great job of keeping our composure in the second half, thought we got ourselves in a position to win," Kubiak said. "Did we do some not very smart things at the end of the game to not get the ball back? I agree with that. "[Talib] knows we can't do those things," cornerback Chris Harris Jr. said following the game. "We know we have to keep our composure, and we usually do. Emotions run high. We were going to lose, and people were frustrated all around." Last edited by DaFace; 11-09-2015 at 03:30 PM..
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11-11-2015, 03:34 PM	#235
Garcia Bronco No Keys, No Problem Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Denver Casino cash: $1803136	So I looked at this Von thing you guys keep talking about...I am not seeing what the problem is. The colt guy wouldn't let Von up and he fell. I guess the Colts player wasn't done holding him yet.
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11-11-2015, 03:38 PM	#237
Garcia Bronco No Keys, No Problem Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Denver Casino cash: $1803136	This is the first one I found and stopped looking http://national.suntimes.com/nationa...pponent-throat
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