The blue team has gotten a lot of hype so I say: After the competition, one thing th

[B45]

The blue team has gotten a lot of hype so I say:

After the competition, one thing that I realized was that, they may be the chosen team, but Jesus they are overrated.

Are the punctuations correct here?

 

[Barb_D]

After the competition, one thing I realized was that while they may be the chosen team, they were certainly overrated.

You don't "realize" an exclamation.

After the competition, I thought that they may be the chosen team, but Jesus, are they overrated.

 

[B45]

What do you mean by that? Where's the exclamation?

 

[bhaisahab]

What do you mean by that? Where's the exclamation?

Here:
"they may be the chosen team, but Jesus they are overrated. "

 

[B45]

Why, can't you realize an exclamation? I don't get it.

And are both: but Jesus, they are overrated and but Jesus, are they overrated.

Acceptable?

 

[Rover_KE]

It's not acceptable to millions of Christians.

The blasphemous profanity 'Jesus' renders the sentence an exclamation.

The name of Jesus Christ used as an imprecation is offensive to most adherents of one of the world's major religions.

 

[B45]

Why is that you can't realize something after an exclamation?

 

[Barb_D]

An exclamation is simply not something that you realize. You realize a fact. You may exclaim over that fact once you realize it.
You wouldn't say "I realized darn it!" I realized I'd left my wallet at home. "Darn it! I thought. "Now I have to ask Jim to buy me lunch."

 

[Tdol]

How about something like the favourites instead of the chosen team, which doesn't sound very natural to me?

 

[Tdol]

And are both: but Jesus, they are overrated and but Jesus, are they overrated.

Acceptable?

You could hear both used, but they do carry linguistic health warnings.

 

[B45]

What does linguistic health warnings mean?

 

[Rover_KE]

If you similarly disrespect the name of the founder of a different religion you will find yourself under a death sentence.

 

[Tdol]

What does linguistic health warnings mean?

Cigarettes carry health warnings that smoking can be dangerous. Casual blasphemy is not an activity without risks- you might cause offence with these phrases. It may seem unfair, but slang, swearing and blasphemy probably carry greater risks for non-native speakers. If I used teenage slang, it would sound odd because of my age; it would be trying to stake a claim to membership of a club I cannot join.

 

[Barb_D]

I do notice that many English learners try to insert curse words a lot. And almost always unnaturally. This, however, was a natural use in my opinion. But darn/dang/damn/geez/man, are they overrated!