Aqib Talib officially announced his retirement this week, despite Bill Belichick’s best efforts.
On Wednesday, the cornerback announced that he was stepping away from the NFL and transitioning to broadcasting with a “multi-platform podcast” called “Call to the Booth.”
Speaking with co-host Harrison Sanford, Talib discussed how he had planned to play one more year if he got the right role (and “a nice check).
“My guy, my big homie Bill Belichick called my phone, man, told me that he had the role of a lifetime for me,” Talib said.
The cornerback said that Belichick told him that Talib’s role would be to come in and “strap” tight ends in coverage for the team. The cornerback said he was “halfway out the door” to New England and even began looking for apartments.
Talib was happy to make a cool $6 million guarding tight ends, but then he began to re-think the decision after looking at the schedule.
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“I kind start going through that schedule. I kinda see (George) Kittle, (Travis) Kelce, (Darren) Waller,” he said.
“But this time, I looked at this (expletive) schedule and thought, quotation marks, and I said ‘Can I even strap these damn tight ends?’” Talib said. “I said, aw, (expletive), it’s over with. Once I said that, once that negative thought crossed my mind, I was like, man, my heart, my competitive edge, I ain’t really in it no more.”
