benderbender Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 I’m curious as to why Kelvin Benjamin was, for the most part, vilified by the national media for giving honest answers regarding Cam Newton, and yet the talking heads praise Jalen Ramsey’s trash talk. Stephen A Smith called his rant “compelling.” https://youtu.be/WeW5ngFzt8w
Doc Brown Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 Kelvin Benjamin took cheap shots at his ex quarterback who always seemed to perform better without him. Jalen Ramsey has only been on one team and didn't take any cheap shots at any players on his team. That should be rather obvious. 8 1
Buffalo Barbarian Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 24 minutes ago, Doc Brown said: Kelvin Benjamin took cheap shots at his ex quarterback who always seemed to perform better without him. Jalen Ramsey has only been on one team and didn't take any cheap shots at any players on his team. That should be rather obvious. at least Benjamin was with Cam to make his opinion. Jalen doesn't now anything about the people he trashed except for Bortles who he lied about. Jalen is a punk who needs to learn grammar. 3 1
machine gun kelly Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 They both were wrong. Benjamin knew about Cam’s skills, but doesn’t make it smart to air out his criticisms to the media. Ramsey is just a moron. Why would you ever give 2/3 the league bulletin board material whenever playing Jax. I would have have loved to be in the room when both Marrone and more importantly Coughlin read the article. Coughlin’s Head probably came close to exploding. If we didn’t have the new CBA, he’d make him run gamers for a week. 1
C.Biscuit97 Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said: at least Benjamin was with Cam to make his opinion. Jalen doesn't now anything about the people he trashed except for Bortles who he lied about. Jalen is a punk who needs to learn grammar. You should have a comma after Bortles, grammar king. ? Edited August 16, 2018 by C.Biscuit97 2
Not at the table Karlos Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said: You should have a coma after Bortles, grammar king. ? Bortles plays like he's in a coma. 3 5
C.Biscuit97 Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 1 minute ago, Not at the table Karlos said: Bortles plays like he's in a coma. Haha, I was just coming back to change it! But I never said I was a grammar king! 1
billsbackto81 Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 4 hours ago, Buffalo Barbarian said: at least Benjamin was with Cam to make his opinion. Jalen doesn't now anything about the people he trashed except for Bortles who he lied about. Jalen is a punk who needs to learn grammar. You are correct, Jalen is a punk. But, I'm pretty sure he's not concerned and doesn't care about his grammar. He didn't exactly attend FSU on an academic scholarship working on his Masters in Language Arts.
billsfan_34 Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 24 minutes ago, machine gun kelly said: They both were wrong. Benjamin knew about Cam’s skills, but doesn’t make it smart to air out his criticisms to the media. Ramsey is just a moron. Why would you ever give 2/3 the league bulletin board material whenever playing Jax. I would have have loved to be in the room when both Marrone and more importantly Coughlin read the article. Coughlin’s Head probably came close to exploding. If we didn’t have the new CBA, he’d make him run gamers for a week. Some things are better off left unsaid right? Unfortunately, some players don’t understand that dignity and professionalism can go a long way in this world. 1
Jpsredemption Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 People are afraid to criticize Ramsey because his comments seem racially motivated and you can't possibly call out a non-Caucasian for this.
dubs Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 I’m embarrassed for Jalen and the media for even covering this nonsense. Jalen just showed the world how unintelligent he is. Those quotes were not just uncalled for, but incoherent and shows he barely has a grasp of the English language. Sad really, considering how on paper he competed high school and attended a prestigious university university like FSU. The media, on the other hand, shows how devoid they are of any semblance of interesting thought by breathlessly discussing this as if it were a treatise by Socrates. They are, a flat out joke at this point. 2
Turbosrrgood Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 (edited) 7 hours ago, benderbender said: I’m curious as to why Kelvin Benjamin was, for the most part, vilified by the national media for giving honest answers regarding Cam Newton, and yet the talking heads praise Jalen Ramsey’s trash talk. Stephen A Smith called his rant “compelling.” https://youtu.be/WeW5ngFzt8w It's not a double standard for a couple of reasons...one, Benjamin was rightly trashed for his comments about Cam, it was not ignored. 2nd, what they said was not comparable, Ramsey attacked a number of high profile QBs in the NFL, for no apparent reason other than to troll for attention (which he's getting). Those teams fans represent millions and millions of people. KB's comments were stupid, but it was a personal situation with his old team, there was history behind it. Edited August 16, 2018 by Turbosrrgood
TigerJ Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 I am among those who think Jalen Ramsey is a punk, and I would love to see him get put in his place, but I also agree that you're trying to compare apples to oranges. It is almost always in bad taste to burn your bridges after you crossed them. I would never publicly say bad things about a former workplace just because I had an unpleasant experience there. It would be another issue entirely if there were unfair labor practices, if for example Carolina had violated the CBA. To me it just shows class if you can be graceful in dealing with your past employer and work associates, unless there are ongoing abuses that need to be addressed for the protection of future employees.
BurpleBull Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 7 hours ago, benderbender said: I’m curious as to why Kelvin Benjamin was, for the most part, vilified by the national media for giving honest answers regarding Cam Newton, and yet the talking heads praise Jalen Ramsey’s trash talk. Stephen A Smith called his rant “compelling.” https://youtu.be/WeW5ngFzt8w Jalen Ramsay markets himself as a cocky villain, is a known trash-talker, who didn't throw his QB under the bus. Kelvin Bejamin isn't a known trash-talker who threw shade at a longtime, former teammate from his new team, blaming him for his past shortcomings as a player, by highlighting a deficiency in him, possibly out of his control to fix. It was just tasteless on many levels. Ramsay is the arguably the league's best CB, he's better at what he does than many QB's are at what they do. His opinion has value because of his rank, his perspective on each QB was unfiltered and non-conforming, which made the article compelling. I for one, expected to stop at his take on Josh Allen, but I couldn't stop there, I had to go down the list to see what he had to say about the other QB's.
Turbosrrgood Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 I'd just like to point out that Ramsey knew exactly what he was saying and doing...I don't claim him to be smart, but this was obviously trolling for responses...which everyone is gladly giving to him. He's getting exactly what he wanted out of it, and most people are feeding him.
ALF Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 I don't like bulletin board material by Bills players against other teams and players. I hated when Rex did that , even for coin toss. 1
Lurker Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 Ramsey: Good player talking about guys on other teams Benjamin: Meh player talking about a former teammate 2
C.Biscuit97 Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 2 minutes ago, Lurker said: Ramsey: Good player talking about guys on other teams Benjamin: Meh player talking about a former teammate Yup. Neither should have said anything. But Benjamin looks like a jilted ex. Ramsey is just saying what he thinks, right or wrong.
Sammy Watkins' Rib Posted August 16, 2018 Posted August 16, 2018 A couple of differences that come to mind: 1. Jalen is an all pro at his position I believe. Regarded as the best corner in the game today. KB is far from the best WR in the game today. Might not be fair but the better you are at your job the greater margin of error you have in any outlandish comments you may have. 2. KB criticized a player who was league MVP and lead his team to the super bowl all while KB was injured. Jalen is criticizing a player that is at this point in their career a complete unkown and does for better or worst have a lot of question marks regarding ability to perform at the NFL stage. 1
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