The Jacksonville Jaguars got exposed on a national stage by a team that ranked in the bottom five of the NFL in points scored and points per game and who scored 40 points for the first time in nearly a calendar year. The Cowboys embarrassed the Jags, 40-7 Sunday, marking their most lopsided loss in three years. The past two games have been deplorable for an elite defense, allowing 44 points in the first half of their last two games after allowing a league-low 12 in the first half of their first four games.
Jalen Ramsey, whose incessant trash talk this offseason and beyond has been excused under the “he can back it up” loophole, is at an utter loss for words. After Ramsey finished with four tackles and one pass defended and Blake Bortles completed just three passes that traveled 10 or more yards beyond the line of scrimmage, Ramsey gave the “I don’t know” treatment to a slew of reporters staked out at his locker.
Uncut Jalen Ramsey postgame: pic.twitter.com/xwmKO9ok0y
— Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) October 15, 2018
It also should be noted that before the season, Ramsey said this of Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott:
“Dak Prescott, he’s good. He’s all right. He’s OK. I’ll put it that way,” Ramsey told GQ‘s Clay Skipper in August, adding that running back Ezekiel Elliott “runs that team though. Everything runs around Zeke.”
Prescott finished with a 107.5 passer rating while also rushing for 82 yards, the second most rushing yards by a quarterback in team history.
The world wide web took notice.
Jalen Ramsey thoughts on Dak Prescott…pic.twitter.com/cUHHqqk4d8
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) October 14, 2018
Cowboys got Jalen Ramsey speechless pic.twitter.com/TgacihqZHp
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) October 14, 2018
the Cowboys beat the sass right out of Jalen Ramseypic.twitter.com/DRiDrrBSOG
— NFL Retweet (@NFLRT) October 15, 2018
Jalen Ramsey doesn't appear to attempt a tackle at the goal line to prevent Cole Beasley from getting into the end zone. pic.twitter.com/1TPuG7fwX8
— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) October 14, 2018
"Jalen Ramsey wasn't feeling his postgame interview after blowout loss to the Cowboys" pic.twitter.com/J2zhfyl6wq
— dev (@laudeddevine_) October 15, 2018
Jalen Ramsey is a great player. But he needs to learn to be a professional.
If you’re going to chirp, talk trash and repeatedly take shots at great players across the league, then you gotta handle an embarrassing loss much better than this.
He wouldn’t last 5 minutes in NY. https://t.co/XoOiRcUWn4
— Manish Mehta (@MMehtaSports) October 15, 2018
Jalen Ramsey thoughts on Dak Prescott…pic.twitter.com/cUHHqqk4d8
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) October 14, 2018