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Are the Dallas Cowboys player’s families taking a page from Aqib Talib’s brother's playbook next?

As a parent on the outside looking in it appears Dallas Cowboys player families are walking a very thin line with national media.

Barry Gipson
3 min readJan 24, 2024
Yaqub Talib (left), the brother of NFL player Aqib Talib (right), pleaded guilty to murdering Michael Hickmon. (Mugshot: Dallas County Jail; image of Aqib Talib: AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)

The Smoking Gun

As a parent of a teenage boy who plays football, I kind of felt Ceedee Lamb’s mother Leta’s pain. If in fact, she did post what she did about Dak Prescott, what’s next? Lest we forget in Dallas a couple of years ago a youth football coach was shot dead on the field by the brother of a former NFL player.

Yaqub Talib, the brother of retired NFL cornerback Aqib Talib, was sentenced to 37 years in prison after pleading guilty to the murder of youth football coach Michael Hickmon.

Emotions were running high after the Cowboy's first-round loss yet again this post-season. They still are. Not only did CeeDee’s Mother share her two cents but the brother of Micah Parsons, Terrence also chipped in his.

Is this just the beginning? If these remarks by the families of Cowboys players are legitimate what’s next? Has the culture of the Cowboys organization finally taken a shot it can't recover from? Only time will tell.

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Barry Gipson
Barry Gipson

Written by Barry Gipson

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