Ryan Clark fires back at Cam Newton amid Jalen Hurts criticism, personal jabs

by: Nick Kosko • 23 minutes ago • nickkosko59

Ryan Clark found himself in the middle of another spat, this time with Cam Newton , who had his own social media-created beef with Jalen Hurts . This all stemmed from Newton not putting Hurts on his Top 10 quarterbacks in the NFL earlier this month.

Coming off a Super Bowl MVP, that logically created a reaction. It was debated across Get Up and First Take , of which Clark partakes.

Clark used that platform to go at Newton’s take, but Newton didn’t hold back on the latest edition of 4th and 1 with Cam Newton. In that episode, he took personal shots at Clark and even Dan Orlovsky over individual statistics after the former QB felt he was being attacked over his career simply because he criticized Hurts. Got all that? So Clark responded on social media.

“I’m gonna be truthful; I don’t really care what he said about me,” Clark said in a video posted to Twitter/X. “I’m so damn comfortable with my career. But anytime we get into the weeds and talk about who don’t do it anymore, we miss the mark. And I get it, some of y’all think I missed the mark when I said he didn’t bring his cape or when I said, ‘Where was his ring?’ To be honest, I was comparing Jalen Hurts to Cam Newton, who was a top-10’er, Eli Manning, who was a top-10’er. I was highlight how good Jalen was against Patrick Mahomes. And Cam said I was safe the week before. So I started to have a little fun.

“But let’s be real. Let’s put some respect on Cam’s name. Our job is to elevate the game. To make the game fun and to bring people together. That’s exactly what Cam did in Carolina. He made the game fun. He brought Panthers fans together. That is the same thing that Jalen Hurts is doing in Philadelphia. So let’s put some respect on that. That’s what I am focused on.”

Clark began the video saying the whole narrative went too far regarding Newton and Hurts. Since it simply began in a quarterback debate, it’s amazing how it became personal.

“Alright y’all, this has gone too far,” Clark said. “Cam became the centerpiece of a conversation that should have been about Jalen Hurts’ excellence. But instead of debating if Jalen was in the top 10 or not, we started talking about what Cam Newton wasn’t. And people stopped stating what he was. This is a dude that was a transcendent transfer who goes to an average Auburn team and wins a National Championship and a Heisman Trophy. Becomes the Rookie of the Year after being drafted first overall. Be real, in 2015 when he was the MVP, he took an 8-8 roster to 15 wins and a Super Bowl.

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