Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen had one of the better games of his NFL career on Thursday night against the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams, completing 83.9 percent of his passes while also leading the team in rushing during the 31-10 victory. His performance was so stellar it has the NFL world absolutely blasting an old opinion from Rams cornerback Jalen Ramsey.
Following Allen’s strong performance against Ramsey and the Rams, Ari Meirov of Pro Football Focus resurfaced a five-year-old quote from Ramsey where he called Allen “trash” and “a stupid draft pick.”
Feels like it’s been forgotten because it happened five years ago, but Jalen Ramsey calling Josh Allen “trash” aged so poorly. pic.twitter.com/1nR5Nab7cw
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) September 9, 2022
Here’s the full quote from Allen, according to Meirov:
“I think [Buffalo Bills draft pick Josh] Allen is trash. I don’t care what nobody say. He’s trash. And it’s gonna show too. That’s a stupid draft pick to me. We play them this year, and I’m excited as hell. I hope he’s their starting quarterback. He played at Wyoming. Every time they played a big school—like, they played Iowa State, which is not a big school in my opinion because I went to Florida State, and he threw five interceptions, and they lost by a couple touchdowns or something like that.? He never beat a big school. If you look at his games against big schools, it was always hella interceptions, hella turnovers. It’s like: ‘Yo, if you’re this good, why couldn’t you do better?’ He fits that mold, he’s a big, tall quarterback. Big arm, supposedly. I don’t see it, personally.”
Naturally, the bad opinion caught the attention of the NFL world.
*chef's kiss* https://t.co/r4KNh3xflD
— Chris Baker (@chrsbakr) September 9, 2022
Be kind, please rewind. https://t.co/7PlK5BrXnt
— ToddJClausen (@ToddJClausen) September 9, 2022
Aged like milk. https://t.co/Ea56DR2Gws
— Lance Zierlein (@LanceZierlein) September 9, 2022
I mean it wasn't wrong at the time lol, regardless of whether he shouldve said it or not https://t.co/3epqk97hcj
— Alex Insdorf (@alexinsdorf99) September 9, 2022
The thing about this quote is QBs as bad as Josh Allen was at the time historically do not improve, and certainly do not improve as much as Allen has. He is the exception that proves the rule. So yes it’s aged poorly. But /shrug https://t.co/PgqZ05wPft
— Jon (@pupperstate) September 9, 2022
There are 🥵 takes and then there are 🥶 takes #JalenRamsey #JoshAllen https://t.co/m0IjxAUeuU
— Ben Becker (@BenBeckerANjax) September 9, 2022
To be fair to Ramsey, Allen has improved drastically since joining the league. Still, the star cornerback has to be held responsible for such an incorrect take.
