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Ryan Clark, Peter Schrager share moment on NFL Live following confrontation

Barkley-Truaxby: Barkley Truax09/08/25BarkleyTruax
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Ryan Clark and Peter Schrager appear to have appeared to settle their differences in the fallout of their on-air spat earlier this week. Clark and Schrager shared a first-bump together on ESPN ahead of the first Monday Night Football game of the season.

During a segment on Get Up, the crew discussed CeeDee Lamb’s Week 1 performance against the Philadelphia Eagles. During the discussion, Clark described Schrager as a “non-player” for his evaluation of the Dallas Cowboys star.

Schrager chose to focus on the positives of Lamb’s performance. However, after Clark’s “non-player” comment, Schrager told Clark not to “belittle” him. Schrager said that he was simply offering a differing viewpoint from the former players on the desk – Ryan Clark, Tedy Bruschi and Dan Orlovsky.

Clark has since publicly apologized to his colleague. During his written apology on X, Clark hinted that some of the tensions may have boiled over off the air as well, to which he said he regretted both.

“I have apologized to Peter and taken accountability with ESPN leadership,” the statement read. “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.”

On-air, Clark shared his perspective as a 13-year veteran of the NFL. In games where he may have had a great game overall, but missed that one tackle that could have saved the game, it doesn’t feel great.

In Lamb’s case, he dropped passes someone of his caliber is expected to make when the lights are on bright and in the end, the Cowboys would lose 24-20. Lamb finished the game with seven receptions for 110 yards but was targeted 13 times overall.

As tensions appeared high during Get Up, it was Seth Greenberg who validated both sides of the argument. He presided as the the voice of reason of the situation.

“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.”

The Cowboys will move forward and face the New York Giants during Week 2 during their season opener. For Clark and Schrager, they’ll likely be on the panel together for most of Monday leading into the Vikings vs. Bears game in prime time.