Craig Carton GOES OFF on Ryan Clark, NFL Rankings & Wild KFC Conspiracies!

**Chris McMonigle** (0:04)
Oh, no, no.

**Craig Carton** (0:05)
Oh, no, no. A little George Starragut, why not, on a Wednesday? I think I got that one right. No. Oh, damn it. It's The Carton Show. Hey, the great race baiter is at it again, Ryan Clark, who's somehow still employed over there at ESPN. Said that, I'm paraphrasing here, I guess they came out with the new ranking top 100 players in the NFL and Lamar Jackson fell from number 2 last year to like number 68 or 9 this year. And Ryan Clark says it's because he's black.
The only reason he dropped and why Joe Burrow is ahead of him is because Joe Burrow is white and because he's black.
He did comment on the fact that 90 of the 100 guys have to be black on the list, but he only dropped down the list because he's black. Like come on man.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:59)
I think the injury.

**Craig Carton** (1:00)
Don't you have a curve ball? Yeah. Like you're a one pitch pony man.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:03)
Yeah.

**Craig Carton** (1:04)
Right. And what sucks is that I thought he was a future star too. I thought he was a great broadcaster, up and coming broadcaster. But now it's like, I just can't listen to it, you know? It's like, who's the gal? Who's the other race pager?
What's her name? Hill, no, with a J, Jamil, right? Jamil Hill, is that it? Ah, another one, yeah. I was like, why put race into these conversations? Now you could say that the fact that Lamar Jackson is like 70th on the list is crazy.
Because by the way, I think it is crazy.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:42)
Make a compelling argument why he's better than Joe Burrow.

**Craig Carton** (1:44)
But the reality, it's an easy argument to make. He's more reliable than Joe Burrow. Joe Burrow never plays.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:51)
I know he was hurt last year, but Joe Burrow is here every year.

**Craig Carton** (1:53)
Right. And by the way, if I was drafting a team right now, I would take Lamar Jackson over Joe Burrow every day of the week and twice on Sunday because he plays more.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:03)
Agreed.

**Craig Carton** (2:03)
And he's a dynamic quarterback. And oh, by the way, a two-time MVP. And for my money, had the third MVP stolen from him.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:12)
I agree.

**Craig Carton** (2:13)
When they gave it to Josh Allen, in my humble opinion.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:16)
Every statistic said Lamar had the better year.

**Craig Carton** (2:18)
Because had Lamar Jackson not been a two-time winner, he would have won that one, in my opinion. It's kind of like the Joker and Beat thing in the NBA.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:26)
Allen carried that team. It was his. I agree. Sometimes narrative plays into that.

**Craig Carton** (2:30)
But you can make an argument supporting Lamar Jackson easily without making it black or white. That's not a hard argument to make.
Right?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:39)
And who's the vote? I suddenly put out the who's voting.

**Craig Carton** (2:42)
I don't know.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:42)
I have no idea. I mean, if a player has voted for it.

**Craig Carton** (2:44)
I have no idea. I really don't.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:46)
Yeah, it's a...

**Craig Carton** (2:47)
But you gotta do better.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:48)
Yeah, it's the same argument.

**Craig Carton** (2:49)
Because then it's like, wah-wah-wah-wah-wah-wah-wah. That's all I hear. Right? And I want to be clear.
I would take Lamar Jackson over Joe Burrow. I want to be very clear about that.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:00)
I would as well. Just because of the...

**Craig Carton** (3:03)
Because he's a better quarterback.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:04)
And he plays more. And he plays more. I don't know.
When's the last time we saw Joe Burrow play a full season?

**Craig Carton** (3:10)
You haven't.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:12)
Two years ago, he was somewhat healthy. And he threw damn near 50,000. He's a great player.

**Craig Carton** (3:17)
When Joe Burrow plays football, yes. He's a great quarterback.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:21)
With a lot of weapons. The offense, they have Higgins, obviously, chase. They have really good players.

**Craig Carton** (3:25)
He just never plays.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:26)
But he doesn't play enough. I would absolutely take Lamar Jackson.

**Craig Carton** (3:28)
Absolutely.

**Chris McMonigle** (3:29)
He's healthier, even though he was hurt last year.

**Craig Carton** (3:31)
There's enough legitimate things to talk about race in the world. There are, sadly, still.
But the ranking of Joe Burrow vs Lamar Jackson is not a race-based conversation until you decide to make it one. Right? That's how I see it.