Will Steelers be disciplined for talking to Lemon

The answers to all of this have been provided and documented in the linked materials in the thread. Some are simply not willing to believe it or let it go. Evidence provided has said the following:

1. Some, not all, teams call picks prior to being on the clock. Former Panthers FO dude Bucky Brooks said it was "common" practice but not universal. Steelers seem to do it with first round picks.
2. The rule is believed to date to the previous analog world where if you tied up the phone line long enough, a team would just draft someone else. Clearly that is no longer an issue with everyone having a hundred ways to be contacted, call waiting, and ever present agents for most draft picks.
3. The one individual saying there should be an investigation is a former front office guy for the Iggles looking to get retweeted.

It certainly has all the ingredients of a tempest in a teapot.

 

So if Dallas and Philly dont work the trade there is no issue? I'll admit I dont get into the draft nearly as much as some of you do so my first reaction was doesn't this stuff happen all the time? Im sure if it was the Steelers in the Eagles place I'd have a more negative opinion but I'm pretty meh about it.

 

There has, from what I have seen, been no announcement of an official NFL investigation from the NFL. Anything I can find is a dramatic headline on top of someone SPECULATING that the NFL MAY decide to investigate.

You are clearly convinced that this is a big deal. Maybe it is. Prior to someone showing me actual evidence that this is an actual issue, I am advocating consigning it to the "everything on the internet is a crisis" dustbin that it crawled out of.

 

Nonstory none of the big name media guys are even talking about this.

 

That's what I'm getting at. It seems there's a lot of other things they need to be looking into besides we were on the phone with a guy we thought we were about to draft then.

 

You keep repeating only PORTIONS of ALL the available information.

That is my point. I avoided quoting you in attempt to not get into it.

But, you clearly want this to be a thing and a big deal. The only evidence that it is a big deal, to date, is speculative sensationalism. All sourced and verified quotes squash this.

But you consistently only repeat the speculation/sensationalism and claim that this thing has legs with each of your posts.

 

Exactly. The only places talking about this are clickbait blogs and AI generated slop.

I do not pretend to know the whims of the NFL. They may slowly grind through their inscrutable process and determine this is a thing and mete out some punishment. But, as I sit here and type this, no one with any actual information has even stated this is on the league's radar.

 

I get both sides of the argument and why people are feeling one way or another about it, I just look at it as a calculated risk. This could be Ravens/Viking fiasco part 2 where nobody remembers it 2 years from now

 

It was posted that "interference" was originally focused on teams calling draft picks and not letting them off the phone to get in touch with other teams. Or for misleading a draft prospect about what another team is doing.

It was posted that no league sources are talking about opening an investigation. It was further posted that teams talk to players prior to selecting them often enough that some league watchers do not find it unusual.

But you and others keep asking the same questions. It seems as if the intent is to convince yourself and others that this is a simmering crisis.

Like, I said, the league may eventually determine they want to do something on this. But, currently, they have not and do not seem to be contemplating it.

 

I’m for reading comprehension and being able to distinguish people who feed their egos by posting dramatic nonsense on Twitter from actual information.

We know the Steelers did the exact same thing last year. No one posted anything about it. It gets caught on TV and some former Eagles exec who is not employed in football currently; rushes to post to seem knowledgeable and plugged in. Likely trying to claw their way back to NFL related $$$ relevance.

Blogs that make their nut stoking fan rage pick it up. And this and other fans sites breathlessly eat it up.

Every credible source has either contradicted the claims that it’s a big deal or not even commented because it’s a non-issue.

I honestly don’t care if the Steelers never have a first round pick again. Or if Khan gets fined and fired. Makes no nevermind to me.

I’m just tired of the answers to questions being readily available but if people don’t like the answer they just keep asking the question until someone turns up some social media or AI written drivel to keep the rage bait flowing.

And yes, this isn’t just about football. But it was football that caught me in a bad mood.

I did not intend to nor do I want to push this at any one person. That was not my intent. I just vented frustration with the asked and answered nature of this and other threads but people keep trying to make it something.

I mean if we want to dunk on Omar and friends, we have a lot to work with. No need to go looking.