Ryan Clark said TC told him he wasn't a good Safety

but an undisciplined safety.

what exactly? Clark was an okay safety...his name doesn't come to mind when I think of top safeties since 2000.

As JonC says, he could lay big hits but he could also get beat for big plays.

An average safety...nothing special.

but he suffered from a disease (sickle cell?) that impacted him more in areas like Denver, but I think impacted him overall.

I feel like he comes out with this “TC told me I wasn’t a good safety” every 2 years

Find a new story Ryan

Was an Undrafted RFA who ended up playing over 10 years in the NFL.

Troy Polamalu is easier than I thought!

Times.

He's the kind of player who would have been a great 3rd Safety in the Deon Grant role (let's bring that role back! Draft some safety's and let Collins roam!)

Was a good safety? When?

get over it, Ryan.

actually thought that Stevie Brown was a good safety?

Accorsi was the GM when Clark was with the Giants not Reese.

he said it in reference to being motivated to become better.

And Dan Reeves got rid of Ed Mcaffrey so whats the point?

back in the Spring of 2003. So he's cool with me.

And if there were players that the GM disagreed w/cutting, I doubt anyone was throwing their weight around over a former undrafted safety in his 2nd or 3rd year.

he was not a good safety for us.

That it motivated him

I recall who absolutely got better playing for another team.

Clark cleaned up plenty of issues while with Pitt/Wash whether that was his own development or coaching.

Put a massive hit on Cruz when we played them yrs ago. Don't think Cruz ever mentally recovered from it.

He and Bryan Kehl should start a support group for guys that TC cut.

Some of te absolutely horrible talent evaluations and FA/draft decisions were on TC.

When you’re that mediocre for that long with a HOF or near-HOF QB in his prime, there’s enough blame to go around between all of those in charge.

In comment 13880805 SHO'NUFF said:

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get over it, Ryan.

No kidding. When was he? Back at LSU...?

The better question is this - when was he ever a good analyst to warrant time on TV? He's unwatchable, says nothing remotely interesting.

One thing about Coughlin - he can evaluate talent. And he was spot on about Clark...

TC has always had teams looking for his services.

That TC was also the one who stressed the importance of building team's in the trenches. When TC first got here that is exactly what he did with accorsi. the additions of mckenzie, ohara and snee. Reese takes over and the offensive line becomes a joke.

TC goes to Jacksonville and what does he do? He goes and gets norwell to bolster his offensive line. Think of the line he built in Jacksonville his first time around, but yeah TC is to blame.

In comment 13881000 Ten Ton Hammer said:

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That it motivated him

Yeah, I think this is the salient point. He doesn't seem to be saying that TC was a poor judge of talent or that TC was even wrong about him. I think that he's not even disagreeing with TC about the comment. I think it was that Giant's experience that told him that he needed to become a better player...that he needed to *become* a good safety and that TC was the motivating force. Subsequent games were to prove that he indeed had become a good safety.

?

Apparently it worked.

Moving on.

to see TC criticized. I often wondered why we did not keep Clark. While Clark was playing well for Pitt, we had no safeties who could play I believe. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

There are many reason why we fail or excell but in the end it’s still our fate he used TC others use other people or things.