Episodes
Former Pro Bowl RB Jamaal Charles is Catchin’ Fades with Aqib Talib this week. Aqib and Jamaal talk about some of the best RB’s in Texas history, playing with Vince Young, and the growth of the Chiefs under Andy Reid. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 12/07/21
Published 12/07/21
Aqib talks with the former NFL star about his career at Ohio State, being a star in the NFL and having it all taken away in the blink of an eye. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 11/30/21
Aqib is joined by longtime NFL vet and OL Donald Penn. Donald talks about the biggest factor on going undrafted, what he remembers about playing with Aqib, and what it was like playing Jon Gruden. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 11/23/21
Pro-Bowler, Super Bowl champion, and the originator of Tight End-U, Dallas Clark is Catchin’ Fades with Aqib Talib this week. Dallas and Aqib talk about their Peyton Manning memories, starting Tight End-U at Iowa, and the evolution of the Tight End position. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 11/17/21
Aqib breaks down his top 12 AFC teams and which surprising team he thinks is the favorite to make the Super Bowl. Later, he talks with his former teammate and "brother" TJ Ward. The guys dive into life after football, if coaching REALLY matters in the NFL, and the start of the "No Fly Zone." Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 11/10/21
2005 Defensive Rookie of the Year Shawne Merriman is Catchin’ Fades with Aqib Talib this week. Merriman and Talib talk about his transition from UMD to the NFL and playing for legendary coaches like Wade Phillips and Norv Turner. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 11/02/21
2X Super Bowl Champion and Walter Payton Man of the Year Chris Long, is Catchin’ Fades with Aqib Talib this week. Long and Talib talk about the struggles of the Kansas City Chiefs, and what it will take for Andy Reid and Patrick Mahomes to turn it around. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 10/26/21
Pro bowler and Super Bowl Champion Cliff Avril is Catchin’ Fades with Aqib Talib this week. Avril talks about coming into the league onto an 0-16 team and what led to the fall of the Seattle Seahawks potential football dynasty. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 10/19/21
2X Super Bowl Champion Ike Taylor is Catchin’ Fades with Aqib Talib this week. Taylor lists all of the problems in Pittsburgh, and what the Steelers need to do to bounce back. Taylor also talks about his favorite young corners. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 10/12/21
Aqib breaks down Justin Fields performance over the weekend and gives his take on where he stands in this years rookie QB class (0:30). Later, Carolina Panthers’ WR Terrace Marshall is Catchin’ Fades with Aqib Talib this week (6:42). Marshall talks about his budding relationship and chemistry with Quarterback Sam Darnold, and reminisces on LSU’s National Championship run in 2019. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 10/05/21
Former NFL WR and speedster Ted Ginn Jr. is Catchin’ Fades with Aqib Talib this week. Ginn Jr. talks about finding his way from DB to WR in college, and what it was like being the #1 ATH in the country during his recruitment process. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 09/28/21
NFL Network Analyst and Super Bowl champion James Jones is Catchin’ Fades with Aqib Talib this week. Jones recalls the transition from Brett Favre to Aaron Rodgers and gives his analysis for Texans vs Panthers on Thursday Night. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 09/21/21
Former Green Bay Packer and Super Bowl champion Josh Sitton is Catchin Fades with Aqib Talib this week. Sitton reminds Aqib of their Rookie Symposium trip, playing in Lambeau Field as a visitor, and if he thinks Aaron Rodgers retires as a Packer. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 09/15/21
Aqib shares stories of a young CB playing his first game in the NFL and what happened during that game that was very opening. Later, Carolina Panthers Safety Jeremy Chinn is Catchin’ Fades with Aqib. Chinn talks about his rise from Division II standout to Rookie of the Year candidate and being snubbed for Rookie of the Year. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 09/08/21
Aqib gives his instant reaction to the news that Cam Newton was released from the Patriots. He talks about where he thinks Cam is going to end up playing this season if he ends up anywhere...Later, NBA PG Cameron Payne stops by to talk NFL and the NBA. Payne talks about his journey from China, to the G-League, to Phoenix, and how that molded him into the PG he is today. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 09/01/21
Aqib answers your questions related to the preseason and gives his thoughts on some major sleeper teams and which team he thinks will have a powerful offense (0:26). Later, 2X Pro Bowl DB Mike Adams tells Aqib about the grind of being a coach in the NFL, his long-term coaching goals, and who he does not want to resemble as a coach (7:29). Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 08/24/21
Aqib tells his story from his rookie year about how he missed the trip to Canton to visit the Hall of Fame with the rest of his rookie class and the player that he last all respect for (0:43). Also, Antoine Bethea stops by to talk about the hardest adjustment for him now that football is over (8:43), and how the smaller colleges like Jacksonville State "might" have an advantage in the recruiting game (14:04). Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 08/17/21
Aqib talks about his first trip to the Hall of Fame and how if he had gone there earlier in his career, he would have continued playing longer (0:36). Also, Carolina Panthers Edge Rusher, Brian Burns is Catchin’ Fades as he talks about his time at Florida State (8:41), playing on the same NFL team as his brother (10:24), and the improvements of the Panthers Defense. (13:59) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 08/11/21
2009 NFL Offensive Player of the Year Chris Johnson joins Aqib Talib this week. The All-Pro RB discusses what it was like running a 4.2 at the combine (7:30), his 2,000-yd season in Tennessee and the one thing that he remembers most about that season (12:20), and the way NFL RB’s are not being valued in the NFL today (15:00). Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 08/03/21
Aqib opens today’s podcast with his take on the NFL’s recently-implemented COVID-19 guidelines that have been generating headlines (0:29). After, Lions DE Michael Brockers comes through to discuss the main factor that landed him at LSU over a Texas school (6:13), the biggest change that came with the Rams’ move from STL to LA (9:11), and why he thinks former Pats assistants haven’t made successful jumps to NFL head coaches (13:52). Learn more about your ad-choices at...
Published 07/27/21
Aqib Talib tells you how he would build the ideal pass rusher in the NFL. Later, 4-Time All-Pro DE Jared Allen tells Aqib how he ended up at Idaho St., what led to his departure from Kansas City, and what it was like playing with Brett Favre in Minnesota.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 07/20/21
Aqib is answering your mailbag questions. What is his favorite road city to play in (0:31)? Who was the hardest NON-WR that he ever had to guard (1:17)? What CB in today’s game reminds him of himself (1:47)? Later in the show Rams All-Pro CB Jalen Ramsey talks about the one factor that made him de-commit from USC and go to Florida State (11:43), the epic story that led to him being traded from Jacksonville (33:21), and what the relationship was like between him and Aqib after he came to LA...
Published 07/13/21
Heisman winner, Super Bowl Champion, and College Football Analyst -- Reggie Bush -- joins Aqib Talib this week to discuss what the process is for being selected to the NCAAF Hall of Fame (5:00), what made his time at USC so special (12:35), and who the one team at the NFL Combine was to interview him (20:53). Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 07/06/21
2-time Super Bowl champ and former Pittsburgh Steeler Ike Taylor is on Catchin’ Fades with Aqib Talib this week. Taylor discusses the biggest coaching style change between Bill Cowher and Mike Tomlin (10:50), the differences between his Super Bowl winning teams and the ones that didn’t have enough to make it there (13:34), and if his rumored 4.18 at his unofficial combine was real (20:22) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Published 06/29/21