Yes, Aqib Talib missed curfew following the Bucs' 35-7 loss to New England in London Oct. 25.

No, he was not the Lone Ranger. 

Yes, he was met in the lobby at the team hotel by coach Raheem Moirris.

No, Bucs officials say, he did not curse out Morris, as reported by 620-WDAE.

If you know Talib, profanity is part of the way he speaks. It's unfortunate, but true. Let's say he disagreed with the notion that a grown man requires a curfew on what would normally be his free time.

In the NFL, visiting teams normally return home immediately after the game. When the Bucs arrive home in Tampa, the players are on their own time.

Of course, that changed in London because it was a rare circumstance where the Bucs were departing Monday from London rather than Sunday night. Because of that, there was a curfew. After the game in London, players volunteered they planned to go out and some indicated they may risk the fine for breaking curfew.

"Missing curfew after the game. … I set a curfew and a couple players after the game went out to eat with their teammates and their wives," coach Raheem Morris said during his weekly radio show. "It's an opportunity for me to give them the business and straighten some things out internally. … It's just that Aqib Talib has been in the news and he's a big name."

Not to excuse Talib, because he has a well-documented history of doing the wrong things, but NFL teams are more concerned with players missing curfew before the game.

Morris said Talib still has a lot of growing up to do.

"You've got to weigh character with a man's God-given ability to play this game," Morris said. "Has he made mistakes? Yes, He has. Has he made some as a Buccaneer? Yes, he has.

"He has to get better and we've got to continue to get better. … We had a bunch of players like him in the past. To mention one, Warren Sapp. He grew up and became a man."