Mr. Scot

The worst leadership typically comes from people who don't know what they're doing, but think they do. Even with his "I know I'm stupid" comments, that's pretty much been a fitting description of David Tepper for the last few years.

Cliff Notes version: Don't be an a--hole

If you're someone who doesn't want to hear or see picks tipped online before they're announced on TV, here's a simple, obvious "tip" for you: Turn off your Twitter notifications. There are certain reporters who have no issue letting picks be known before they're announced (Jason LaCanfora has been a big proponent of this) but the NFL gets rather annoyed when such things happen. That's why reporters that are affiliated with any of the league's broadcast partners (ESPN, Fox, NBC, CBS) have been asked not to engage in this practice. No such official prohibition exists for journalists who aren't part of those organizations. Some still choose not to do it, but there are many who do. Albert Breer, Peter King, Mike Freeman, Jason Cole and Armando Salguero have all been guilty of it in the past. Whether or not they'll continue this year is unknown. So basically, if you're someone who likes hearing the pick officially announced, you might want to avoid Twitter today. On the flipside, if you're the sort that does want to hear picks early, that's fine. Just don't share them here. If you do, The Ban Hammer is likely to be headed your way

More Linderbaum talk...

"I'll take 'How to make people cringe' for a hundred, Alex" David Tepper's been wrong about a lot of things, but I'd have to rank this idea as one of the biggest. I absolutely get the idea of long-term thinking, and I support taking the time to build things the right way so that you have a perennial contender rather than just a flash in the pan. But there are two major issues here... First off, more than one team has shown that it doesn't necessarily take forever to build a team that stays in contention. It can be done quicker...if you have the right people doing it. Second, and potentially more problematic, the famous "Steeler patience" with coaches. Yeah, it's worked for them, but do you see them hiring mid-tier college coaches? Oy Right now I'd say most fans view another year, or God forbid another two years, of Matt Rhule being in charge is an absolute nightmare scenario, and it's reasonable to do so. It has been reported however that there are actually some within the organization (read: probably one) who think Rhule year three will be some miraculous turnaround just like it was in college. I'm not buying. Hopefully by year's end David Tepper isn't either, but if that fan nightmare rolls around and despite yet another sh-t season, he decides to give Rhule one more chance, probably going to break a lot of people.

Well I needed somebody I could have an intelligent conversation with, so...

It's pretty frequently been some dumb sh-t who creates a new ID and then makes an ass of himself.

And don't tip picks...

Here's an actual cut and paste, because it's appropriate. Nobody's taking you seriously, dude. Stop fooling yourself and things might go better for you.

The question has always been "better quarterbacks" or "quarterbacks on better teams". I'm not convinced Garoppolo is appreciably better than...well, much of anyone.

I get that, but this was something I noticed in general.

Ironic, given that this is commonly what you post everytime you realize you're losing and you've got nothing else to say.

Yeah... While I wouldn't say Rhule knows less about football than Tepper, it is probably true that his estimation of his own football prowess is likely way higher than reality.

No...no I don't. And pretty much everybody gets that except you.

He did actually say several times that certain inquiries were "a Scott question". If he ever referred to anything as "a Matt question" though, I missed it.

Yeah... None of that means jack sh-t. I get that you think it does, but it doesn't. The fanbase is way more than just PSL owners, and looking up stats about what people are doing with their PSLs doesn't give you any strong arguments. Likewise, consistently high-fiving yourself as if you just won every debate by posting some obscure, meaningless fact when in reality most people are just shaking their heads and rolling your eyes is delusional. You'd really be a lot better off if you'd stop fooling yourself, quit acting like you're some kind of guru and just accept that you're a casual fan with no special knowledge... exactly like the majority of people here. You've been told this plenty of times, but you refuse to listen. As long as that keeps up, people are gonna keep treating you like they do now.

I'd actually agree. The primary things that I took away from this presser were... - Scott Fitterer may indeed have supplanted Matt Rhule as the guy with Tepper's ear - Tepper definitely seems to understand that he's not very popular among the fans - It might (might) be starting to dawn on him that he's done some stupid sh-t I will say that even if he understands nothing else, if he does at least realize that he has the lowest football IQ in the room, that's a start.

Sure, given that most people are intellectually able to understand expressions like that. You think that by asking people to be more specific (when most understand they don't need to be) it somehow helps your argument and/or makes you look smarter. The reality is that you come off looking more and more like Drax from Guardians of the Galaxy. But that's not really a surprise

His performance today would seem to indicate he may be starting to understand that.

Nah

I'd estimate it to be higher than your IQ, but probably still only double digits.

Jeff Howe in The Athletic, quoting an NFL scout... “The Iowa center (Tyler Linderbaum) is a generational center. He’s one of the best ones who has come out in a long time.” NFL Draft Notes from Jeff Howe

Speaking as someone who doesn't want any of the higher round quarterbacks, kinda hard to say yes to this.

It'd tell me that they either jave someone on their radar or they believe Brady Christensen can do the job.