“This is hilarious bias” – Josh Allen’s interception being called an ‘arm punt’ amid MVP buzz doesn’t sit well with fans
Social media called out the media's bias in pushing the Josh Allen MVP narrative after they downplayed his interception against the Patriots, referring to it as an "arm punt."
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Josh Allen throws an interception against Patriots (Image via ESPN/X)
Everyone knows what punting is. A specialized player kicks the ball as close to the opposition’s red zone as they can, but has anyone ever heard of the ‘Arm Punt’? Josh Allen created it on Sunday while playing the New England Patriots.
Around the eighth minute mark in the second quarter, Allen snapped the ball on third and 16. Even though there was deep open space for him to cover, the 28-year-old opted for a deep ball inside the Patriots’ end zone.
The ball traveled around 50 yards, but was well short of its intended target. New England’s safety Marte Mapu picked it off without any pressure. It was Allen’s seventh interception of the season.
Josh Allen pins the Patriots inside the 1 with an arm punt pic.twitter.com/OGkrzevNB6
— NFL on CBS 🏈 (@NFLonCBS) December 22, 2024
Social media reacts to Josh Allen’s interception being counted as an ‘Arm Punt’
CBS Sports’ Ian Eagle called Allen’s stray pass an interception, but little did he know that the X account of the Network had a different name in its mind. They named Allen’s INT as an ‘Arm Punt’, which sounds a lot cooler than it should.
Social media did not take the sudden name-calling lightly. As Allen is one of the front runners for the NFL MVP award with Lamar Jackson, Saquon Barkley, and Jared Goff, many perceived it as taking sides by the network. One X user even argued that it was borderline racism.
“Josh Allen throws an interception.”
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) December 22, 2024
CBS caption: “Arm punt”
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Not even Mahomes get glazed as much as Josh Allen wtf is a arm punt https://t.co/SlvhiiTn5G
— bossman (@thyonlybossman) December 22, 2024
Josh Allen the only QB in the league who throw dumbass picks get swept under the rug so often they get called “Arm Punts”🤣🤣🤣
— T-way (@tway585) December 22, 2024
That's the definition of an arm punt.
— Hänsel (@UberHansen) December 22, 2024
-came out that he’s been playing through broken hand
— ً (@OPOYRice) December 22, 2024
-interception being called an arm punt
Josh Allen PR team is putting in that work today https://t.co/Dj8x6oy7xT
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— ChiefsT4🏆 (@4xChiefs) December 22, 2024
Arm Punt
“arm punt” i hate yall so bad.
— amari 🫶🏽 (@uhhmaree) December 22, 2024
I love Josh Allen but this is the first time in the history of this sport that a QB’s INT’s are called “arm punts” https://t.co/RL0kmYWZo0
— Matt King (@yappmatt) December 23, 2024
Best arm punt in NFL history.
— Tweets by Sneaky Joe (@SneakyJoeSports) December 22, 2024
Arm punt? We’re glorifying turnovers?
— tyler n (@ty_naunton) December 22, 2024
We’re losing recipes, man https://t.co/HkzUIpgavk
Ravens fans don’t dislike Josh Allen. We don’t like the favoritism that the “media” shows him that can’t help but appear to have alternative factors driving it
— Damon Dorsey (@damedorse) December 23, 2024
To have a national graphic ERASE his int and tweet it as an ‘arm punt’ on 3rd down 😫
Just give him the MVP…well cool
These mfs called Josh Allen interception an arm punt 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. No more needs to be said just give him mvp they want him to have it
— Lamar’s Financial Advisor (@InTwanWeTrust) December 22, 2024
That was not an interception, it was an arm punt and speaks to Josh Allen’s greatness! 🥹
— Fitness4Lyfe (@lyfe_fitness4) December 22, 2024
If that’s Lamar it would be a interception but it’s Josh Allen so it’s considered an arm punt 😂😂😂😂 https://t.co/N07YORaByK
— TheEqualizer🥷🏾 (@MRBased007) December 22, 2024
This is hilarious bias. “Pins inside the 1 with an arm punt”??? What??? He threw an interception that shouldn’t have been run out https://t.co/Rl4KvdWFfy
— Condog Fulgham (@CondogF) December 23, 2024
Regardless of the online bickering, Josh Allen led the Bills to a 12th win of the season and a faint chance to snag the No. 1 seed in the AFC. The 28-year-old, with a broken hand, threw one passing and created a rushing touchdown for running back James Cook, who had 100 rushing yards in the game.
Allen finished with 16 completions from 29 attempts for 154 yards, one touchdown, and one interception. In 2024 he has 307 completions for 3703 passing yards, 27 passing touchdowns, 7 interceptions, 103 carries with the ball, 544 rushing yards, and 11 rushing touchdowns from 16 games.
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