Trump says Josh Allen was going to be No 1 pick in 2018 NFL Draft before social media posts surfaced

Former President Donald Trump said that Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen was going to beryllium the no. 1 wide prime successful the 2018 NFL Draft if it were not for violative posts that surfaced soon earlier the draught began. 

Allen had posts surfacing from erstwhile helium was 16 and 17 years aged that included the usage of the N-word and a station that said, "if it ain’t White, it ain’t right," according to Yahoo Sports.

The present 28-year-old has since apologized for those posts and is successful the midst of his seventh play with the Bills.

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Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump speaks during an interrogation with Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait during an lawsuit with the Economic Club of Chicago connected Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024 successful Chicago. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

"(The Bills) drafted a backmost who was going to beryllium the fig 1 draught pick, and past helium said things connected the net that weren’t good, you recognize that, and helium said, and they passed him," Trump said during a caller quality connected Barstool Sports’ "Bussin’ With The Boys."

"(Josh Allen is) an breathtaking backmost too, but a large one, and so, helium was going to beryllium fig one, and past they recovered things they didn’t like, and radical passed connected him for that, and past truthful fig 7 was the Bills, beauteous definite it was fig seven’s right? And No. 7 was the Bills, and (owner Terry Pegula) picked him, and helium took him astir connected an apology circuit for a day, and helium ends up with the 1 of the champion quarterbacks, which was beauteous good," Trump said.

The Cleveland Browns had the fig 1 wide pick, and alternatively selected backmost Baker Mayfield retired of Oklahoma. Mayfield spent 4 seasons with the Browns earlier they moved connected from their erstwhile apical pick, replacing him with Deshaun Watson.

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Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen, #17, celebrates aft throwing a touchdown walk to choky extremity Dawson Knox, #88, during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot crippled against the New York Jets successful East Rutherford, New Jersey, connected Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

As Allen slid down the draught boards, the Bills traded 2 second-round picks and swapped archetypal circular picks with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to determination up to the seventh wide prime to instrumentality Allen retired of Wyoming.

Allen is simply a two-time Pro Bowler and has led the Bills to the playoffs each of the past 5 seasons. 

The prima backmost played good successful the Bills triumph implicit the New York Jets connected "Monday Night Football," completing 19–25 passes for 215 yards and 2 passing touchdowns portion besides rushing for a touchdown. 

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Buffalo Bills backmost Josh Allen, #17, throws a walk against the New York Jets during the 2nd fractional astatine MetLife Stadium. (Ed Mulholland-Imagn Images)

The triumph moved the Bills to 4-2 connected the play and into archetypal spot successful the AFC East.

The Bills volition look to physique connected their triumph erstwhile they play the Tennessee Titans astatine location adjacent week connected Sunday astatine 1 p.m. ET. 

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