Aqib Talib needs to be suspended for Super Bowl 50 facemask penalty

Could Aqib Talib get suspended?

There’s always a play in the Super Bowl that catches even the most casual fan’s attention. It may not be a great play, just something that gets an honest and raw reaction from everyone in the room.

That play for Super Bowl 50 could arguably be when Aqib Talib yanked down on  the facemask of Carolina Panthers wide receiver Corey Brown. Talib and Brown had scuffled earlier in the drive, with the Broncos corner picking up a personal foul penalty just moments before this play.

Talib is the same player who got suspended for game this season when he poked Indianapolis Colts tight end Dwayne Allen in the eye — on purpose. Since the Super Bowl ended, Talib has gone on record as saying this facemask on Philly Brown was also very intentional.

In the era of player safety being emphasized, this can’t be allowed to happen. You can’t have a player pulling down another player on purpose by his facemask. How does that help the league when you have players trying to go beyond the established boundaries of physically harming other players like that?

Talib is one of the best corners in the game, but that doesn’t give him a free pass to our psycho like this whenever he wants to. There is playing hard and then there’s playing recklessly — with Talib indulging in the latter. There is no reason for him to do something like what he did.

Let your play do the talking; don’t try and injure guys on purpose because you feel like you were wronged earlier in the game. Talib should be suspended for this, as the NFL can’t get lax about setting a standard when it comes to player safety in situations like this. Talib is a repeat offender, and a punishment needs to be handed down if the NFL wants to be taken seriously for something like going after Tom Brady and deflated footballs.