TAMPA -- When Aqib Talib and the Denver Broncos checked in at the team hotel on Saturday afternoon, the calls of "Aqib" and "Talib" rang up from the lower lobby. From a balcony above the fracas, Talib shouted back and waved to the crowd.
The Broncos' trip to Tampa was all about winning a football game, but that didn't mean Talib didn't also enjoy interacting with the fans in the city where his NFL career began.
"It was special, man," Talib said. "I got a warm welcome off the plane, into the hotel, on the field.