Ryan Clark Makes Daring Declare About ‘Generational’ NFL Quarterbacks

Ryan Clark has turn into one of the vital revered, insightful, and headline-inducing members of sports activities media ever since he retired from the NFL, and he definitely made loads of headlines on Thursday morning’s episode of First Take.

Clark touched on a subject he just lately expounded on throughout an episode of his podcast, during which he defined why Texas quarterback Arch Manning isn’t a generational expertise, however it’s the enlargement on that matter that acquired him a variety of pushback on-line afterwards.

Clark struck a nerve when he mentioned Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Drew Brees weren’t generational abilities, a lot to the shock of fellow analyst Dan Orlovsky.

“I feel John Elway was a generational expertise. I feel Patrick Mahomes is a generational expertise. I don’t assume Tom Brady, I don’t assume Drew Brees, I don’t assume Peyton Manning are generational abilities. I feel Andrew Luck ended up being a generational expertise. I don’t assume there’s a ton of them on the market,” Clark mentioned.

“I do not assume Tom Brady, I do not assume Drew Brees, I do not assume Peyton Manning are generational abilities.” – Ryan Clark pic.twitter.com/sTgNQXxfBY

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