Jonathan Allen Is A Fucking Beast

Was - Jay Gruden did not think Jonathan Allen would be on the board with the 17th pick on Thursday.

“Not in a million years,” he told the media later in the night.

But the dream became a reality, when a top-5 prospect tumbled down the board to come home and play for the Redskins. The head coach did not see any reason to pass on the talented defensive tackle out of Alabama.

“There really wasn’t anything not to like, really,” Gruden said. “We like his size, we like his strength, we like his ability to rush the passer, play the run. He’s a very versatile guy. He can play all the positions on the defensive line. Really, never in a million years did we think he would be there at 17, but we’re happy-as-heck he was. There was not a lot of debate in there – we put the card in and took a heck-of-a football player and a great person.”

I cannot believe Jonathan Allen fell to 17. Out of every possible scenario, I never thought he’d still be there. Guys like him are just too scarce, for sure someone would take him, or if he dropped a little, someone would trade up for him. But there he was, sitting there at 17, and the Redskins didn’t fuck it up. After Malik Hooker was scooped up at 15, and then the Ravens took a CB at 16, it was almost too good to be true that the Skins were going to be able to choose between Allen and Jarrad Davis. And Allen is a beast.

He will start immediately on the Skins rag-tag defensive line, and with him, Preston Smith, and RBK, 3rd downs just got very dangerous for opposing quarterbacks. I cannot wait to see Allen smoosh Eli’s dumb face like a bug. To see Carson Wentz poop in his holy underpants. To see Dak have college flashbacks

It was nice, just for a day, to see all Redskins fans happy about something.