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Ryan Clark calls out Peter Schrager for 'non-player' view on CeeDee Lamb performance

Stephen Samraby: Steve Samra11 hours agoSamraSource
Ryan Clark | Peter Schrager
Ryan Clark (Kirby Lee) | Peter Schrager (Kirby Lee)

Ryan Clark and Peter Schrager got into a bit of a moment on Get Up while discussing CeeDee Lamb’s performance against the Philadelphia Eagles. The Cowboys wide receiver had a great game on the stat sheet, but some crucial drops hurt Dallas late in the game with a chance to defeat its division rival.

Schrager defended Lamb, opting to focus more on the positives than anything, and Clark took issue with that: “We shouldn’t do this on TV,” Clark stated. “I apologize if people think this is rude — that’s the non-player in you.”

That felt like a pointed shot at Schrager from Clark, and the analyst didn’t take it lightly: “I’m not looking at fantasy football. Ryan, don’t belittle me like that,” Schrager responded. “I can come in, as three ex-players are saying one thing, and give an alternative that maybe CeeDee Lamb did play well.”

In response, Clark tried to clear up his point of view, but it certainly was a contentious moment all around on Friday: “What I need you to do is to not get mad and let me finish for one,” Clark added. “It wasn’t about you, it was going to be about me. I can’t speak for CeeDee Lamb; I’m speaking for me.

“If I go out and I have 12 tackles and I get two interceptions, and then there’s a run late in the game that I miss a tackle and the other team wins the game, I’m not talking to my family on the way home. They’re not calling me as I’m walking to the car. My wife is telling people—because we’ve been through it before—you do not speak if he doesn’t speak.

“I’m not saying that CeeDee Lamb can’t play. I’m not saying that you’re wrong for defending him. I’m talking from the perspective that I know CeeDee Lamb feels. That’s why I prefaced it by saying, ‘This is not about you. I’m not trying to be rude.’ I’m not saying you don’t understand, but what I’m saying is I fully understand.”

In the end, Mike Greenberg was the voice of reason: “I think both sides can be true,” Greenberg stated. “I understand what you’re saying, and I understand what you’re saying, and both can be true at the same time.

“He’s a great player. He played a good game. But those drops would up costing them the game, and he knows it more than anyone else knows it. That’s what I think we’re trying to say here.”