Ryan Clark's reaction to the Steelers’ first-round pick has gone viral. And that's not a ood thing.
Ryan Clark is allowed to wear a lot of hats.
He is a celebrated former member of the Pittsburgh Steelers ... a legend to some.
He is respected ESPN personality with a loud but smart megaphone.
And he gets to be a fan, too.
This weekend in the NFL Draft, his Steelers were handed the opportunity to take a quarterback with their first-round pick on Thursday. They turned it down in favor of Oregon defensive tackle Derrick Harmon.
Clark didn't like the pick, and his reaction to the Steelers’ first-round move went viral.
And not in a good way.
Clark was visibly upset, largely due to the looming vacancy under center. Pittsburgh remains suspended between the rest of the draft, Aaron Rodgers, and Mason Rudolph, a less-than-ideal proposition for leaving quarterback purgatory.
"Mason Rudolph? Mason Rudolph!?," Clark said. "He went to Tennessee and got worse. You know what we're gonna do? Oh, let's wait for Aaron. Wait for Aaron to make a decision. We let Aaron Rodgers hold us hostage like we're a four. We the Pittsburgh Steelers!
"We're supposed to be acting like a 10. We're acting like a four."
We don't understand Clark's rating system. But we get that he's not a fan of Rudolph and that he's not a fan of "being held hostage'' by Rodgers, who is thinking of signing with the Steelers.
Maybe.
The Steelers eventually drafted Ohio State QB Will Howard in Round 6 ... after the Browns took Shedeur Sanders in Round 5.
Clark later cooled down. But one source close to the situation tells us, "That was unprofessional. Did (Clark) know he was being filmed? Who does he think he's representing here?''
Clark later gave Pittsburgh "a 'B' (grade),'' he said, "because they did the right thing.''
Oh.
But if they did "the right thing,'' what were all of those theatrics about?
