Things got heated between ESPN’s Ryan Clark and Peter Schrager on Friday.
During an episode of “Get Up,” the two got into a nasty debate while discussing Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb’s game against the Eagles on Thursday.
While the roundtable was debating Lamb’s drop-filled performance, Clark — a former NFL safety and Super Bowl champion — came at Schrager, an analyst, calling him a “non-player.”
“We shouldn’t do this on TV, so I apologize if people think this is rude, but that’s the non-player in you,” Clark said.
Schrager, who was hired by ESPN in April following a decade-long run on NFL Network, quickly interjected, saying, “Don’t belittle me like that, I can come and say as three ex-players are saying one thing, and give an alternate perspective.”
“Peter, what I need for you to do is not get mad and let me finish,” Clark responded.
The spat between the two reportedly also spilled off the air, leading to an “uncomfortable” confrontation on the set of the show, according to Front Office Sports.
Clark later confirmed that his beef with Schrager also occurred off-set in an apology posted on X later on Friday.
“Today, I had an interaction with my colleague @PSchrags both on and off the air that I regret,” Clark wrote. “I have apologized to Peter and taken accountability with ESPN leadership. I value working with Peter and look forward to this season.
“My focus will remain on professionalism, teamwork, and being a better teammate moving forward.”
This confrontation is the latest of multiple disputes Clark has been involved in both on and off of ESPN.
Last week, Clark was under fire on social media for declaring that Tom Brady was not a generational talent.
“I think John Elway was a generational talent. I think Patrick Mahomes is a generational talent. I don’t think Tom Brady, I don’t think Drew Brees, I don’t think Peyton Manning are generational talents,” Clark said on “Get Up.”
Clark also apologized earlier this year to ex-NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III’s wife, Grete, for bringing her into a beef between the former teammates about Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, which quickly transformed into an argument about Griffin’s interracial marriage.
“She should not have been brought up in me trying to make a point about how having black women close to you and the things that you can learn from them can help you approach how you speak to, and about them,” Clark said of Grete, who is white. “She didn’t need to be the illustration of that. I could speak positively about what they are without making the insinuations that it’s something that non-black women don’t do well.”