Throwback when Ryan Clark’s Super Bowl XLV dream was crushed by Aaron Rodgers

Master Oogway in Kung Fu Panda said, “Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called a present.” We guess the former free safety of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ryan Clark, did not watch this acclaimed movie. Otherwise, he would not have held onto his 14-year-old past with Aaron Rodgers.


In 2011, Super Bowl XLV winner Aaron Rodgers crushed Ryan Clark’s dream by being highly unpredictable. Let’s glance through the pages of history to understand the sentiments of the one of most underrated NFL players, Ryan Clark.

Ryan Clark shared a story about Aaron Rodgers throwing a slant and calling him, 'Hey 2-5' at Mike and Mike in a 2017 interview

Ryan Clark shared,


“They call a timeout, bro(Aaron) looks at me and goes, ‘Hey! 2-5’. First, you've been studying for this game for two weeks, okay, and, I've been in the league at this point for ten years, you know my freaking name; you ain't gotta call me with my number, right here, bro, so then, he goes, '2-5'!”

Ryan Clark repeats the “Hey! 2-5” history in one of his recent interviews, but this time, he wants to break Aaron’s fingers

Ryan shared,


“After he(Aaron) throws that ball over my hand for a touchdown, he's walking off the sideline on the next offensive series, and somebody called a ‘timeout’. Whether it was us or them, I don't remember, and he's like ‘2-5’ you know, and I hate him like I want to break both his fingers…”

Aaron Rodgers shared his side of the “Hey! 2-5” story

Mike asked Aaron in a 2020 interview,


“It was a touchdown, and Ryan says you looked at him and said ‘Hey! 2-5’, instead of calling him by name. He thought it was pretty disrespectful. It is still buried in his soul to this day. There is a lot of hate in his heart because of that. Is it true from your side of the story?”


Aaron Rodgers shared,


“He's (Ryan) obviously recycling the same story over and over because I did see that he had said that he wanted to punch me in the face at some point.”

In the 2020 interview, Mike shared the ‘Ryan wanting to break his fingers interview’ statement with Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers responded,


“I think, that's a little harsh. I'm a pacifist; so I wouldn't welcome that. I wouldn't necessarily be searching that out, and we can have a conversation before it gets to some violence. I don't believe in the use of violence, without you know, previous conversations.”

Super Bowl XLV dream of Ryan crushed by Aaron Rodgers

Mike asked Ryan Clark about his Super Bowl story.


Ryan Clark shared,


“I had told my kids we were going to Disney land because I was going to pick this ball off, and I was going to score a touchdown!”


Mike laughs and says,


“MVP!”


Ryan chuckles and says,



“Right, I was going to be the MVP. Right, so see the play: Backside Aik's covering Jamichael Finley. I'm supposed to be in the half, so I lock Aik. And, I know, Aaron's never gonna look at me. I know that's like, that's it, this is it.


So, boom! Play starts. Dog, I take off, and I'm looking at, I'm like, he gonna throw this mickey fickey, it's a wrap. So he throws it bro, and I know he didn't see me. He throws it this far over my finger bro! In front of Troy. I died for it. Miss it right in front of Troy's touchdown.”


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