Following ESPN's somewhat shocking dismissal of Ryan Clark this week, reports suggested he was let go because of an incident last fall with fellow NFL ***** yst Peter Schrager.
The moment came early last NFL season on Get Up, when a conversation about NFL wide receivers resulted in Clark pushing back on Schrager's perspective and saying, "That's the non-player in you." In response, Schrager said Clark was belittling him, and most of the sports media world came to Schrager's defense, accusing Clark of being a bad on-air teammate.
By the following week, the two had seemingly come to an understanding, and continued to appear together on ESPN programming, even fist-bumping in a show of unity on NFL Live. Still, The Athletic reported this week that the dispute with Schrager was a major part of why ESPN laid Clark off.
But in an episode of his own podcast, The Pivot, released Friday, Clark claimed that situation was "not why I got fired."
"Me and Peter don't have an issue," he said. "I would think if you asked him right now, obviously after what went on with us, there's been ***** ody that's been nicer to him."

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