Dolphins: Ryan Clark all but calls Tua Tagovailoa fat
ESPN NFL analyst Ryan Clark has been on an interesting streak with his mouth lately. First, the former Super Bowl XLIII champion safety with the Steelers caused controversy when he said last week that Steelers WR George Pickens has more talent than first team All-Pro Vikings WR Justin Jefferson. Clark is on a wild one […]
ESPN NFL analyst Ryan Clark has been on an interesting streak with his mouth lately.
First, the former Super Bowl XLIII champion safety with the Steelers caused controversy when he said last week that Steelers WR George Pickens has more talent than first team All-Pro Vikings WR Justin Jefferson.
Clark is on a wild one here, as there is no universe on earth where George Pickens is a more talented NFL wide receiver than Justin Jefferson. Physicality only goes so far.
Well, now Clark has turned his sights to Miami's star quarterback, and he was even more loose and irresponsible with his words this time around. Appearing on NFL Live, Clark took little time ripping into Tua's weight.
The statements are even more bizarre, given what Ryan Clark recently reportedly said about Tua and the Dolphins.
Tua is in a damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't situation with some people, it appears. He can never do anything right in some folks' opinions. He's taken a beating during his NFL career and has needed to put on some size and take on some training in order to better endure the sport's brutal physicality.
And he did that. Clark is actually wrong. Tua spent the offseason in the gym. He got stronger, added noticeable size to his frame, especially his legs. He practiced jiu-jitsu. Worked on his falling. Trained for the things that were challenges for him physically last year.
And as a result, he gets a room full of former players laughing at him when Clark likens his body to an exotic dancer at an Atlanta strip club. That just further proves that Clark just likes to say wild things for the sole purpose of being controversial, as the past week for him has proven.
Now, Tua, all 227 pounds of him, will look to use those tree trunks of legs to help carry the Dolphins deep in the playoffs this fall. And make a few particular onlookers from television studio chairs look foolish in the process.
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