You wouldn’t expect the beef between an NFL quarterback and the league’s most outspoken trash-talking cornerback to escalate in February, a couple of weeks after a Super Bowl they didn’t even participate in.
But here we are! Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Jacksonville Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey have taken a back-and-forth from nearly a year ago and taken it to another level over social media, with the world watching to see what they’ll say to each other next.
How did this all start? And where did it end up this week? Let’s take you through it from beginning to end.
May 2018: Ramsey roasts an Allen throw posted by the Bills on Twitter
He posted and deleted a take: “That’s a pick waiting to happen.”
August 2018: Ramsey calls the Bills rookie “trash”
In the now-infamous GQ Q&A in which he rated nearly every NFL quarterback, he had this to say about Allen:
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.
August 2018: Allen responds
November 2018: Ramsey calls the Bills’ sideline “trash” during the Jags’ loss to Buffalo
But he gave some respect to Allen at the end of their matchup.
The Bills also got back at Ramsey on Twitter:
February 2019: Allen autographs a photo asking Ramsey, “Am I still trash?”
Although it was a Bills fan who asked Allen to write that message, it’s still pretty great.
