Report: Team May Have Leaked Josh Allen’s Racially Insensitive Tweets So That He Could Fall To Them On Draft Night

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Last night, projected top 10 pick Josh Allen had a series of embarrassing racially insentive tweets uncovered just hours before the start of the NFL draft.

Early this morning, Allen spoke to ESPN’s Stephen A.Smith and apologized about tweets he made when he was “young and dumb”.

The former Wyoming quarterback acknowledged the tweets to ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith late Wednesday night and apologized, saying he was young and dumb.

The tweets no longer appear on Allen’s account. However, they contained racial slurs and other offensive language, according to Yahoo! Sports.

The tweets cited by Yahoo! Sports were sent in 2012 and 2013, when Allen was in high school.

Allen told Smith that some of the tweets made reference to rap lyrics and television, including a saying that was part of an episode from the sitcom “Modern Family.”

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter there’s a belief around the league that a team may have plotted to uncover the tweets so that Allen could fall to them in the draft.

Via Adam Schefter

A theory two people in the past hour now have floated: another team plotted to have Josh Allen’s racially insensitive tweets put out just before the draft in order to increase the chances he would fall in the draft to that team.

That’s some pretty diabolical stuff but I wouldn’t put it past a desperate NFL team.

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Brobible sports editor. Jorge is a Miami native and lifelong Heat fan. He has been covering the NBA, MLB and NFL professionally for almost 10 years, specializing in digital media.