Eli Manning and Ben Roethlisberger: Blake Bortles:
-------- As a football fan, I appreciate Jalen Ramsey for what he is, which is quite obviously an insanely cocky and unabashed asshole that would probably enjoy being identified as such if he actually cared what people thought about him. The packaging on some his opinions is nothing short of obnoxious, but the opinions themselves aren't too, too far off from the general consensus on quality quarterback play, or lack thereof, in the National Football League. As much as I want to say he's wrong for crapping on a bunch of other professionals that have accomplished far more than he has at this point in their respective careers, I would be lying if I said he as was more wrong than he was funny. Therefore, I found some of those critiques worthy of a laugh while knowing full well that my belly might damn near burst when some of these guys that he targeted are inevitably successful in targeting him downfield. That's not really my main takeaway from what was a league-wide roast of the quarterback position though. Instead, my main takeaway was the one punch that was not-so-surprisingly pulled, as the person that would have taken it square on the chin must be sitting pretty awkward right about now. Imagine watching a terrible movie in which all the crappy cast members reminded you of a slightly better version on yourself, with that movie being written by one of your immediate family members. That's how I imagine Blake Bortles felt while reading Jalen Ramsey's thorough dismantling of much, much more preferable and decorated passers. I'd like to believe that even the most combative cornerback in the NFL would never wipe his ass with the name of his own quarterback, but there must be a small part of Blake Bortles that wishes he just got it both out in the open and over with by shitting on him. After all, the things that are typically better left unsaid usually aren't so obvious in being unsaid. At some point or another, I imagine someone is going to bring up this GQ article in the locker room, and only one man's laugh is going to be through gritted teeth when they start joking about it. Unfortunately for Jalen Ramsey, it's the same man with the erratic arm on which his championship aspirations currently resides. As unbearably overconfident and outspoken as the subject of that interview was, the one guy he wasn't comfortable being entirely honest about is really the only one whose performance should matter to him. For that reason alone, being all-too-truthful in talking down all those quarterbacks could make for quite the comeuppance.
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