Buffalo tunes out Ramsey’s trash talk

Jaguars defender criticized rookie QB Josh Allen

Orchard Park Jaguars cornerback Jalen Ramsey can criticize Buffalo rookie quarterback Josh Allen all he wants.

The Bills aren’t taking the bait.

“Everybody has their thing, and that’s his thing. He likes to talk,” Bills running back Lesean Mccoy said. “If he feels Josh is trash or whatever, that’s his opinion. I think Josh is really good.”

Defensive tackle Kyle Williams shrugged.

“I don’t care,” he said, when reminded of Ramsey calling Allen “trash,” and referring to the Bills’ decision to select him seventh overall as being “a stupid draft pick,” in a story published in GQ Magazine in August.

Ramsey didn’t back off this week, with Jacksonville preparing to play at Buffalo on Sunday, and Allen set to start after missing four games with a sprained right throwing elbow.

“Because I wanted to,” Ramsey said, referring to why he felt the need to go after Allen. “Y’all know me. If you look deep into it, you will be able to figure out why I was so hard.”

Allen took the high road. In calling Ramsey “one of the best corners in the game,” Allen said the only way to deal with the comments was ignoring them. “We move on,” he said.

Whatever bad blood the outspoken Ramsey might have been attempting to stir between two nondivision rivals meeting for the 11th time in 13 years is being set aside in part due to the deep ruts both teams have dug for themselves.

Some 11 months since the Jaguars defeated the Bills 10-3 in the AFC wildcard playoff, both teams are 3-7 and have been mostly undone by sputtering and turnover-prone offenses. The Bills taking a step back was expected despite ending a 17-year playoff drought. Buffalo is breaking in a new quarterback and had little money to spend this offseason to address needs on offense.

Buffalo is at least rested, following its bye week, and coming off a 41-10 win over the New York Jets in which journeyman Matt Barkley breathed life into an offense in his first start in nearly two years.

The Jaguars, by comparison, have been a major disappointment a year after a 10-6 finish and losing the AFC championship game to New England. They’ve dropped six straight and are coming off a 20-16 loss to Pittsburgh, in which they squandered a 16-0 third-quarter lead. The offense has sputtered due to injuries and ineptness. And Jacksonville’s prized defense has been unable to carry the extra burden.