Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive back Aqib Talib is on the run from local Texas police. Good to see that the NFL’s players are finding their own special ways to keep busy during the NFL lockout.

Talib is scheduled to turn himself in later this week on a warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His bail will be set at $25,000, police said.

Okolo Talib, turned herself in to police [today].

The investigation began when police were called at 7:30 p.m. March 21 to a disturbance where people were fighting and gun shots had been heard.

–Tampa Bay Online.

Talib sat out the first game of 2010 for allegedly assaulting a cab driver. Expect Roger Goodell to try and suspend Talib and his mother, because that’s just how Goodell rolls.

Cedric Benson has had an odd career in the NFL so far, to say the least. The Chicago Bears took him with the number 4 pick in the 2005 draft, and in return they got 1593 yards and 10 touchdowns in 3 seasons. Compare that to his performance in Cincinnati last season, where Benson ran for 1251 yards and 6 touchdowns. Whatever performances Cedric has had on the field have been overshadowed by his ability to drink off it. Benson has shown his love of the sauce throughout his career, including an arrest in 2008 for boating under the influence, and another arrest that year for DUI. Benson’s boozing has got him another bind, as he was arrested earlier today for assault in Austin, Texas.

But that doesn’t mean it came without any incidents.

Bengals running back Cedric Benson has been arrested in Austin, Texas for an assault that allegedly occurred on May 30, according to Tom Plohetski of Statesman.com. He allegedly punched a bar employee in the face at Annie’s West.

Benson faces charges of assault with injury. He has posted bail. –PFT

You can’t get wasted and beat someone up in Texas? Texas authorities should probably clarify their stance on the position, because Vince Young was confused, too. As if that wasn’t bad enough, the incident occurred quite some time ago, and Benson “forgot” to report it to the NFL. Roger Goodell may have to send him to bed, without dessert. Read the rest of this entry »

My fun is your fantasy points.

Sometimes in life you have to reward bad boy behavior. Tell me, who would you rather be; Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker? Who sold more shoes, Allen Iverson or Grant Hill? Would you rather spend a night throwing firecrackers at stray cats or playing horseshoes with your great uncle? It’s time we acknowledge that being bad is almost as awesome as the COPS theme song.

Tank Johnson may be totally useless to fantasy teams and NFL franchises alike, but with Fantasy UnSports his inability to comply with federal law and large cache of heavy artillery makes him the golden boy who may lead you to fantasy glory.

Let’s face it, the off-the-field stuff is bigger news these days than in-game performance is anyway.  Quick quiz, who knows which former NFL running back has fathered as many as 11 kids with as many as 10 different women?  I see everyone has their hand raised, including Mr. Henry.  Now, who remembers which running back had more runs of 10+ yards in the 2008-2009 season?

We award points based on what athletes do everywhere EXCEPT on the field. DUI? 50 points. Failed drug test? 25 points. Homicide? 500 points. 15 touchdowns in a season? Zero, zip, nada. I don’t care. -Fantasy UnSports

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