Not fond of amateur film gurus.

One cool thing Joe experienced while in Atlanta covering Super Bowl Week activities was the scene of “Super Bowl Opening Night” at the State Farm Arena.

The event was formerly known as Media Night (nee, Media Day). It’s where all the free-food-groveling, always-kvetching sportswriters (Joe is among them) across the country mesh with TV types and non-football personalities as well as the international press.

It’s not always a healthy blend of people. Pretty much each group loathes the other and the various entities try to tolerate each other for two separate hour-long sessions where all but a half-dozen or so team members and coaches mingle among the thousands (yes, thousands) of media types.

It’s a free-for-all.

Anyway, Joe didn’t get to talk to everyone Joe targeted. Joe couldn’t find Rams running back C.J. Anderson because Joe wanted to ask him if the Bucs ever came calling; Joe wanted to ask Rams defensive end and expected free agent Donte Fowler, a native of St. Petersburg, if he has ever changed his mind on the Bucs. (At his combine press conference, he was asked by ESPN’s Jenna Laine if he was interested in the Bucs and his response was, at best, lukewarm). And, of course, Joe wanted to talk to ex-Bucs cornerback Aqib Talib, just because he’s such a loose cannon.

Talib was one of the select few Rams who had his own podium and the mob scene around him was insane, almost as bad as Aaron Donald’s. Joe had other fish to fry than to slug it out with dozens of reporters/celebrities, etc., to try to get Talib. So Joe listened a bit and went on with other tasks.

One reporter who did get a gem from Talib was Jeremy Bergman of NFL.com.

Now Joe is suspicious of guys who claim they are film analysts and get their info from watching tape. Do they know what they are watching?

If a guy has a background in football such as a coach or a scout or a player, Joe trusts the guy. Someone just pulling up All-22 on NFL.com? Not so much.

(That’s not to say a guy or girl cannot learn, but Joe is suspicious.)

So apparently, a self-professed film analyst asked Talib about the alleged fading skills of Belicheats tight end Rob Gronkowski. Let’s just say Talib did not respect what this film analyst was watching.

Aqib Talib on whether Gronk has lost a step: ‘All the shots are coming from y’all. They don’t come from the guys watching the tape. If you watch the tape, you’d see. … When was the last time you watched some tape? Do you watch it though? You probably be drunk during the game.’

— Jeremy Bergman (@JABergman) January 29, 2019

It’s been five days since Joe first read that tweet and Joe is still laughing.

Figures it would be someone like Talib to put the self-anointed film junkies in their place.