Jalen Ramsey’s guide to trolling.
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green had a rough day Sunday. The star wideout, who had posted an anemic stat line (one catch for 6 yards) over the first two quarters, tried to choke out the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Jalen Ramsey just before halftime, then started punching Ramsey when the cornerback was on the ground. In response, the officiating crew ejected both players from the game.
Jalen Ramsey and AJ Green getting after it out there pic.twitter.com/dKHxrON8I4
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) November 5, 2017
Although Ramsey probably didn’t deserve to get tossed out, nor to get tossed to the ground, the 23-year-old corner had been pestering his counterpart all afternoon. For cornerbacks, pestmight as well be synonymous with good. Richard Sherman? Pest. Josh Norman? Pest. Ramsey, a second-year player out of Florida State, certainly earned that title on Sunday and as a result managed to get the opponent’s star receiver removed from the field. This, of course, is the pinnacle achievement for pests like Ramsey.
AdvertisementAfter the game, the young Jaguars star explained how he succeeded in goading a talented and notably staid receiver like A.J. Green into snapping. As he explains, it was a master class of trolling.
Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement AdvertisementLMFAO protect Jalen Ramsey at all costs pic.twitter.com/oKqLCKZCSz
— Michael Lewis II (@ironmikelewis) November 8, 2017
All of us can surely take a little something from this lesson in how to be annoying. Let’s break down Jalen Ramsey’s guide to being an abrasive—and immensely effective—jerk.
1. “I told him almost every play that he was weak, that he was soft.”
Few would think to describe six-time Pro Bowler A.J. Green as “weak” or “soft,” which underlines Ramsey’s evil genius. He’s taking a Freudian approach here, poking at Green’s ego until he inevitably reveals his greatest fears (i.e., that he is weak and soft). Later, he calls the 6-foot-4, 210-pound Green “small,” thus tormenting the receiver’s inner child. It’s a strategy that works just as well on 21st-century American football fields as it did on 19th-century Viennese couches.
Advertisement2. “Them are straight facts. He just can’t handle the truth. It’s facts.”
Here, Ramsey goes the Trumpian route, discrediting anything he doesn’t agree with as, essentially, “fake news.” This is a really annoying and corrosive attitude unless you are a cornerback. If, like Ramsey, you area cornerback, then this is perfectly appropriate behavior.
3. “I told him his time was almost up.”
AdvertisementHere, Ramsey follows the classical tradition of memento mori. Green turns 30 years old in July. This impending milestone must weigh heavy on Green’s psyche, and, in being confronted with his own mortality, he felt he had no choice but to revert to violence. It’s existential cruelty at its finest.
4. “I told him that it was easy, which it was.”
The least we can ask for from our tormenters is that they exert at least some energy in their cruel efforts. Few things are more infuriating than a bully in repose and, as you can see in the video above, Ramsey looks pretty chill.
5. “He had one catch for 6 yards. I was just out there spitting facts to him.”
Fact check: true. What could Green say to this? Nothing, which is why he threw Ramsey to the ground. You would too. Jalen Ramsey is just that good at being bad.
Tweet Share Share Comment-
Webb scientists haven't found a rocky world with air. But now they have a plan.Interview: Chasing sunlight with the "Godfather of Solar"Real Madrid 'adulterating' La Liga: Barca coach Xavi'Pokémon Go' is branding Pokémon caught by cheatersCPUs Don't Matter For 4K Gaming... Wrong!TikTok will exit Hong Kong amidst controversial national security lawsApple will let you change the default email and web browser app in iOS 14Google Phone app gets feature to let you know WHY a business is callingThe Eyes of LacyFire and fury maybe wasn’t tough enough for North Korea: Trump
下一篇:Students get free entry at second Rawalpindi Test but what’s the catch?
- ·一针一线串起两代人的传承故事
- ·Series of events held to mark international 'comfort women' day
- ·Facebook will warn you when you share old news
- ·不仅越堵越插 还殴打民警
- ·Yoon approves labor minister's appointment
- ·加强源头治理 整治不规范经营行为
- ·Instagram outed this Filipino celeb before she was ready, but she rose above the haters
- ·不仅越堵越插 还殴打民警
- ·Where to pre
- ·Xavi 'liberated' by announcing departure
- ·Samsung's new UV device charges and disinfects your phone
- ·'Ruthless' Arsenal back in title race: Arteta
- ·评论丨农事运动会:一场农民的盛会、新农人风采展现的盛会、城乡双向奔赴的盛会
- ·汉源县蒜薹大量上市价格与去年持平
- ·Cantlay says new PGA investors will help decide Saudi merger
- ·Remember George Clooney's tequila company? He just sold it for $1 billion
- ·Anatomy of a Keyboard
- ·Apple's new ARM
- ·不仅越堵越插 还殴打民警
- ·Thiem sees 2024 as 'last chance' to climb the rankings
- ·Washington Mystics vs. Chicago Sky 2024 livestream: Watch live WNBA
- ·石棉县黄果柑节3月17日开幕主会场设在安顺村
- ·Mamma mia! Mario content hits 100 billion views on YouTube
- ·ICE tells foreign students taking online
- ·尝“鲜”盛宴,等你来探!2024年清远西牛麻竹笋尝鲜季即将启幕
- ·Nigeria and DR Congo win through to AFCON semi
- ·Pakistan Cricket at crossroads after shock defeat at Pindi
- ·Facebook will warn you when you share old news
- ·70万分之一 三胞胎早产 治疗费用高 愁坏两家人
- ·Star Wars Han Solo spinoff directors were fired. What happens now?
- ·Footage of Kim Yo
- ·Senior diplomats of S. Korea, US hold phone talks to discuss alliance, NK issues
- ·NK leader unlikely to visit Seoul this year: presidential office
- ·Apple Maps' new bike
- ·13 Astronomical Clocks Connecting Time And Space
- ·N. Korea remains low key over anniversary of 'nuclear armament'