Josh Allen is a good quarterback. He’s streaky, but he’s demonstrably a fine talent at the position. Put a pin in that thought and consider the following: Here’s possible No. 1 overall 2018 NFL draft pick Josh Allen falling flat on his face in Friday’s Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
Future Browns QB Josh Allen? Sure looks like it after he fell on his face in the Potato Bowl
Your future No. 1 pick, folks.
(In fairness to Allen, he’s played admirably, throwing for three scores against no interceptions. This is but a funny hiccup.)
It’s not entirely clear the shape or magnitude of the turf monster that felled Allen in this instance, but suffice to say it yielded one of the more laughable GIFs in 2017’s bowl season. Not least because Allen may very well end up as the No. 1 overall pick in 2018’s NFL draft, and, well, that honor is currently held by the perennially inept Cleveland Browns, who currently have yet to win a game this season.
Pushing the visual metaphor of Allen falling flat on his face without being touched in the open field further, the Browns have famously drafted or traded for and signed some high-profile quarterback prospects in recent history with limited-to-little-to-no success (anyone remember Robert Griffin III?). 2017 draft pick DeShone Kizer has played admirably, granted, given the pieces around him this year, but there’s a history here.
In 2016, Cleveland drafted Cody Kessler with the 93rd pick. He’s thrown a grand total of 23 passes as a professional football player.
In 2015, Cleveland did not draft a quarterback, because Josh McCown was deemed a reasonable stand in while a certain Johnny Manziel matured his way into the pro ranks.
In 2014, Cleveland drafted Manziel, a Heisman winner and presumptive future of the franchise. That did not end well.
You get the idea. Perhaps Josh Allen does, too.
Allen’s Cowboys beat Central Michigan, 37-14.
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