Ryan Clark Envisions ‘Garbage Season’ if Steelers Sign Aaron Rodgers
Former Pittsburgh Steelers free safety Ryan Clark has never been fond of Aaron Rodgers. That has been made clear over the years.
He thinks the four-time NFL MVP and future Hall of Fame quarterback brings unnecessary drama and is not a good teammate. During a recent episode of Get Up, Clark said the Steelers are likely to have a wasted and garbage season if they sign Rodgers. He also compared him to Scar from Lion King.
“I think that (Steelers coach) Mike Tomlin can work with anybody. The personality of Mike Tomlin is to find the best in any situation in order to help his team reach its fullest potential,” Ryan Clark said on Get Up on Wednesday. “Let’s say you put Scar on the team. You know Scar, from the “Mufasa” movies and “Lion King.” Here it is, Mufasa is trying to be Scar’s brother. Do you know what Scar’s name was before Scar? It was Taka. Do you know what Taka meant? Garbage. Wasted. That’s exactly what what could happen if you bring Aaron Rodgers in there. You could have a wasted season. You could have a garbage season.”
Rodgers threw Mike Williams under the bus for running a wrong route last year and had issues getting on the same page with Garrett Wilson. Rodgers is notorious for making passive aggressive comments or just flat-out publicly calling out teammates.
“You could have a locker room that has to adjust to not only Aaron Rodgers, but Arthur Smith and Aaron Rodgers trying to figure out who’s going to win the battle of what they want the offense to be,” Clark said. “We know what Arthur Smith wants. He wants to run the football, he wants to get into play-action pass. That’s not the way Aaron Rodgers likes to play football.
“It looks great that you got DK Metcalf and Georgie Pickens out there, but you got two crashouts. So you gonna have two crashouts at wide receiver and then add the quiet crashout at quarterback? Hell nah.”
As mentioned, this is not the first time that Clark has ripped Rodgers. He called him a “fraud” this past December after Rodgers called out ESPN talent even though he has a weekly appearance on the Pat McAfee Show during the season, which is an ESPN product.
“The reason you’re getting the opportunity to say these asinine things is because someone is paying you— exactly like the people you’re calling out,” Clark said regarding Rodgers on ESPN’s First Take. “This dude is a fraud. He’s been a fraud. He acts like he’s above everybody and everything.”
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