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NFL fans rip Steelers champ for “insulting” Peter Schrager in heated debate during ESPN’s “Get Up”

September 7, 2025
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Former NFL player Ryan Clark raised eyebrows on Friday after he engaged in a heated back-and-forth with analyst Peter Schrager. Clark, a former Pittsburgh Steelers player, raised a controversial point when discussing CeeDee Lamb’s performance against the Philadelphia Eagles.

Schrager, Clark, Dan Orlovsky, Tony Brusci and Mike Greenberg debated whether Lamb had responsibility in the Dallas Cowboys‘ 24-20 loss to the Eagles on Thursday. When Schrager defended the veteran wide receiver, Clark interjected, saying his co-host was talking like someone who had never played the game.

“We shouldn’t do this on TV, so I apologize if people think this is rude… That’s the non-player in you,” Clark said.

Schrager defended himself by saying that, as a non-player, he offered a different perspective from the three former NFL pros. Clark responded by asking Schrager to let him finish, as he wasn’t attacking his fellow analyst.

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These comments did not go down well with fans, with many calling out Clark

“Ryan Clark is an embarrassment to sports media. Down at the bottom with Nick Wright and Collin Cowherd. Just terrible content, no humility, too much bias. Just a complete joke.”

@awfulannouncing Ryan Clark is an embarrassment to sports media. Down at the bottom with Nick Wright and Collin Cowherd. Just terrible content, no humility, too much bias. Just a complete joke.

“Ryan Clark just gets worse by the day,” one fan wrote. “‘I actually played in the NFL.’ Yes we know Clark, that’s why we’re all shocked by how God awful you are in the media.”

Ryan Clark just gets worse by the day. ​“I actually played in the NFL.” Yes we know Clark, that’s why we’re all shocked by how God awful you are in the media.

“The day Ryan Clark gets fired from Sports TV and I don’t have to see his name again is the day I can enjoy it,” another fan said.

The day Ryan Clark gets fired from Sports TV and I don’t have to see his name again is the day I can enjoy it.

“The problem is the ex-players are teaming up on this guy Schrager when he is the voice of reason here,” another fan said.

The problem is the ex-players are teaming up on this guy Schrager when he is the voice of reason here. Not to mention Miles Sanders FUMBLED the football in the RED ZONE. That was a huge factor and cost the cowboys the game. CD Lamb can’t be the full blame with that fumble

@awfulannouncing Now RC is insulting his colleagues? Does this guy get any worse?

“Schraeger is an infinitely better analyst than Clark. Just because you played in the NFL doesn’t make you a football expert, and it definitely doesn’t make you likable or correct in this discussion,” one fan said.

“Two things can be true at the same time. Peter Schrager didn’t play. And Ryan Clark is dumb,” another fan said.

“It’s gotta be so impossible to work with Ryan Clark. He’s legit the worst person in sports media. Also it’s not a flex you were a player as an analyst it’s embarrassing that you got a job doing this while being terrible at said job just because you were a player,” another fan wrote.

Ryan Clark clashed with former ESPN colleague Robert Griffin III on social media

Ryan Clark hasn’t shied away from expressing his opinion regardless of where he is and who he’s talking to. Back in May, he engaged in a back-and-forth with Robert Griffin III after the former Washington Commanders quarterback claimed Angel Reese hated fellow WNBA star Caitlin Clark.

Their feud lasted a couple of weeks, and the situation has been brought up again from time to time. Clark’s comments have raised many eyebrows around the league, but he’s not losing sleep over it.