Josh Allen Trolls Back After Being Named 'Most Overrated Quarterback'

Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen trolled back after being named the "most overrated quarterback" in a recent ESPN survey of 103 anonymous NFL players in which he was also named "best trash-talking quarterback."

"So you’re telling me, I was voted as the #1 … best trash talker??? Let’s goooooo!!!" Allen wrote on his X account along with a gif of rapper Lil Yachty dancing on stage.

Allen also received 39 top votes for the survey to determine the top three quarterbacks in the NFL, finishing just behind reigning Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs, reigning NFL MVP Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens and Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals.

Allen was previously named by an anonymous general manager as "one of the most overrated players in the NFL " during an ESPN survey of 80 NFL coaches, executives and scouts last month, which drew a defensive response from Bills general manager Brandon Beane .

“I don’t know where to start. It’s frustrating,” Beane said during the Bills' training camp session on July 24. “You try to ignore this stuff, but Josh is going into Year 7 and there’s still the naysayers. I don’t get it. If I was going to use rated, I would say underrated before I would say overrated. And I know I’m biased. He’s our guy, love him every single day.

“These things that come out there — I know people love the rankings of whoever — but when you don’t put your name to it and you make comments like that. Like, who is this executive? Executive is a loose term. I was probably referred to as an executive well before I should have been. I just say, if you’re not going to put your name on it, we really shouldn’t validate it.”

The anonymous general manager acknowledged that Allen was an "immense talent but he makes a lot of mistakes" and claimed he was "underdeveloped at winning at the line of scrimmage."

Allen ranked as the third-best quarterback in the NFL behind only Mahomes and Burrow in the survey published in July. ESPN wrote that "Allen's blend of brilliance and inconsistency has left voters with mixed feelings."

Allen was the only quarterback other than Mahomes to receive a first-place vote, but also "outside of the top five for several voters."

"I saw a quarterback who is consistently a high performer who elevates his team at every chance," a high-ranking NFL official told ESPN.