{"id":954,"date":"2025-09-05T04:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T22:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=634064"},"modified":"2025-09-05T04:26:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T22:56:02","slug":"netizens-call-ryan-clark-racist-on-x-after-excluding-tom-brady-from-generational-talent-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/other-sports\/netizens-call-ryan-clark-racist-on-x-after-excluding-tom-brady-from-generational-talent-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Netizens call Ryan Clark \u2018racist\u2019 on X after excluding Tom Brady from generational talent list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"213\" data-end=\"515\">Former Steelers Safety Ryan Clark has drawn heavy criticism online after leaving Tom Brady out of his \u201cgenerational talent\u201d list during a debate on ESPN. Netizens on X (formerly Twitter) accused Clark of being \u201cracist\u201d following his comments, which sparked a fiery discussion among fans and analysts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ryan Clark doesn\u2019t think Tom Brady, Drew Brees, and Peyton Manning were generational talents<\/p>\n<p>Football is so back <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4Ws6Fj9h1u\">pic.twitter.com\/4Ws6Fj9h1u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1963641396268540383?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"517\" data-end=\"538\">What Clark said<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"539\" data-end=\"891\">Clark argued that while John Elway, Patrick Mahomes and Andrew Luck should be considered generational talents, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees do not fall into that category. \u201cI think Patrick Mahomes is a generational talent. I don\u2019t think Tom Brady. I don\u2019t think Drew Brees. I don\u2019t think Peyton Manning are generational talents,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"893\" data-end=\"1020\">Ex-Lions QB Dan Orlovsky pushed back, while Stephen A. Smith countered that \u201cproduction\u201d makes someone a generational player.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1022\" data-end=\"1052\">Backlash on social media<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1461\">On X, many fans slammed Clark for disrespecting Brady, who is widely regarded as the greatest quarterback of all time. Some users went further, labeling Clark\u2019s stance as \u201cracist\u201d and biased against white quarterbacks. Posts defending Brady pointed to his unmatched resume, including seven Super Bowl titles, multiple MVP awards, and all-time NFL records for touchdowns, passing yards and quarterback wins.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ryan Clark is a full blown racist.<\/p>\n<p>He is sooo mad that Dan Orlovsky called Arch Manning a \u201cGenerational Talent\u201d because he is white.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately brought up Lamar Jackson lol.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Espn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Espn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/firsttake?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#firsttake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Racist?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Racist<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFL<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Texas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Texas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Longhorns?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Longhorns<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g0gW3GuH9f\">pic.twitter.com\/g0gW3GuH9f<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud835\udd6f\ud835\udd22\ud835\udd2b \ud835\ude3f\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude5b\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude63\ud835\ude59\ud835\ude5a\ud835\ude67 (@SheepleShunner) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SheepleShunner\/status\/1963625735790211257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1461\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarChest33\/status\/1963631135394496795\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/WarChest33\/status\/1963631135394496795<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michael_tHoover\/status\/1963630374493307183\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Michael_tHoover\/status\/1963630374493307183<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FroemelAndy\/status\/1963715127141658800\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/FroemelAndy\/status\/1963715127141658800<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1463\" data-end=\"1496\">Brady\u2019s legacy in spotlight<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1497\" data-end=\"1776\">Brady\u2019s name continues to dominate debates around talent versus production. Despite Clark\u2019s dismissal, Brady holds the NFL records for most touchdown passes, completions, games started and passing yards. He is also the only player to win Super Bowl MVP for two different teams.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1778\" data-end=\"1957\">The controversy over Clark\u2019s comments has only reignited the generational talent debate \u2014 with social media ensuring Brady\u2019s place in the conversation remains as strong as ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Steelers Safety Ryan Clark has drawn heavy criticism online after leaving Tom Brady out of his \u201cgenerational talent\u201d list\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":391,"featured_media":24089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[3022],"class_list":["post-954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","tag-tom-brady"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/391"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}