Mendenhall lived out his dream of being a starting running back in the NFL. 99% of us fumbled our lives & will never live out our dreams. 🤷🏽‍♂️

I love that brothers can talk it out and apologize. We need more conversations between each other than hate or holding onto grudges.

I’m black and a Steelers fan and I never blame him for us losing. We faced a great team and a great QB. Things happen. Hope he overcomes all the negativity.

The word “if” ALWAYS makes an apology paper thin 😂😂😂

I played half my whole life. Sacrificed, lost out on relationships…brain injury, etc…and only made it to a practice squad for 3 weeks…however, even THAT is further than 90% of most ppl that talk shit…this man is not a loser by any stretch in the grand scale

Beautiful thing to see two human beings talk things through like a healthy adult should. Understanding what each individual is speaking and saying. Then apologizing, accountability for past mistakes, and understanding, it's a team sport. Life is a team sport. I dont know if most people remember or know, but Mendenhall was a pretty damn good RB. His career was cut short, and it's sad because he was very talented. A lot of players' careers are cut short due to injuries.

I see a big difference in "fumbling" vs. "forced fumbling" getting the ball knocked out of your hands.

99% of white football fans dont even remember you fumbled and if they do they dont care...Im a Steelers fan, and I forgot he fumbled....

Man, i can't believe that a man that made it to that level of sports is so affected by someone's opinion he doesn't know or has ever actually seen. This social media thing has really captured people's self-consciousness, and many of them have their self-esteem severely affected because of someone they don't even know. I am so thankful I'm old enough to have grown up without this mess. It certainly helps to separate virtual from reality. I guess, though, in cases like this, the self-esteem was affected or weak way before that fumble or the growth of social media.

RC keeping it that real but that respectful is impressive. It's hard to be that honest and critical without being abrasive

Never heard of the fumble until someone else brought it up 🤣🤣🤣

if mendenhall woulda brought that statement to brandon marshall bmarsh woulda been like "YOU DID LOSE THE FUCKIN GAME"🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ryan is a kind soul.

Rashard is right. Only the best are qualified to talk about things. That's why when I want to learn about fumbles in important situations I go to him

He is emotional about the fumble in SB 45. His career ended early and maybe he regrets retiring and losing out on millions. Sad that people remind him of a mistake that defined his career. But when you troll to the level of Arian Foster, what did he expect?

Sorry, but Mendenhall is gonna have to live with hearing about that fumble for the rest of his life.

As a Steelers fan. We just didn't play well that game. Yeah, the fumble killed us, but the better team won that game. Maybe it's just time to forgive him. It's only been 12 years, lol. No one should have to live with that 24/7 365 for the rest of their life.

I want to be as articulate and well spoken as Ryan Clark

I never knew this guy existed until he made a post

GREAT CONVERSATION!!!! It’s this type of male open dialogue especially amongst black men that I feel is needed! I could HEAR the deep sigh of relief from mendenhall to hear those words come from his brother it was moving . A lot of people don’t know but in our society we aren’t taught to open up and apologize and feel vulnerable in moments because our upbringings be so hard it’s like we can show ZERO weakness! HUGE respect to these guys I loved seeing this .

Ryan Clark is a real one...not everybody is man enough to apologize when they're wrong 👌

Correct apology: “I’m sorry THAT”. Incorrect: “I’m sorry IF”. He just told you that it did impact him🤦🏾‍♀️

Am I allowed to call Ryan Leaf a bust? I never played at the pro level so I’m not sure if qualified.

I'll say this and walk away cause I don't expect many to understand. I expect more not to even care. He's been dealing with Racial Microaggressions since that fumble.

Dude... thats on him. Words can not make you a loser or hurt you unless you let it. This is all in HIS head. Has nothing to do with anyone else

Does Rashard not realize that anyone who makes a costly mistake in a big moment has to live with it forever? I'm pretty sure Bill Buckner, Scott Norwood, Leon Lett, etc.. have grown tired over the years of being reminded of their less than stellar moments. None of them posted garbage like Mendenhall did.

Bro you are a grown ass man👈🏿

He made millions of dollars playing a game and lived what would be considered a "dream" for many American men, but we should feel sorry for him.

The Giants are in the NFC so they could not have played the Steelers in the AFC Championship game….

Bro Rashard I love you brother. You’re a great football player and one of my favorite RBs growing up. You’re a winner in so many people’s minds. And bro I’m not even a Steelers fan

As a neutral fan I never blamed Mendenhall for one reason. That speech from Kevin Green to Clay Matthews saying "it is time" was so badass that I don't think anybody in that stadium was more motivated then Clay. That was a football hit for the ages

Im going to be honest as a steeler fan I have never blamed or heard anyone blame him for loosing us the Superbowl

Man he's lucky his dad isn't Tim McGraw from Friday Night Lights.

Ryan Clark is a good man. Very sincere and articulate conversation

Ryan Clark didn't apologize

Bro put out a racist tweet encouraging the division of people based on their skin color and wonders why people are going at him💀 he can’t be serious 😂 By the logic of his own tweet people can’t commentate, criticize or share their opinions on movies if we aren’t actors themselves. That don’t make any sense does it? If you’re going to tell people they can’t have an opinion on a topic LET ALONE saying they can’t have an opinion on something because of their race, you best not have any skeletons in your closet because I assure you, they will fire back and he got all that fumble talk resurfaced from it

Mendenhall is Pittsburgh's Ernest Byner (Browns). He single-handedly ruined a 21-3 SB comeback because he 1 has 0 vision, which didn't see Clay Matthews blow up the play, the same lack of vision that led to his exit from the league at 26, 2 has 0 ball security. Ryan and the rest of the team knew he destroyed all momentum and led to the loss

Knew who Rashad was before this interview. Don’t remember him for a fumble. I remember him from Ray Lewis truck sticking him🤣🤣🤣

His reasoning is a little strange but it seems he’s in a strange head space so strange behavior/comments are to be expected. His tweet was racist but I don’t believe it was intentional or malicious.

Rashard needs to own it and move on. We have all made mistakes in our lives, take those experiences and become stronger.

Rashad still has the fire burning, I understand that very well, much respect ✊🏿He was a great back no doubt it’s all good.

I never knew the man costs the steelers a superbowl, but since he ran his mouth with his white vs black stuff, i see that he did fumble and cost the city of pittsburgh a championship

RC keepin it real 💯

Who would of ever guessed he was so soft? Man up son, you fumbled big deal, own it and move on. The fans who pay their hard earned money should just be quiet and ignore NFL super bowl history? Get real...

Totally awesome Ryan and Rashard

I cant stand RC and he really doesn't want to apologize here

The spindenhall fumble put the nail in the coffin, it is what it is. Ben played like crap earlier in the game, but the momentum was back with the Steelers until that fumble.

So he does feel like Mendenhall lost the game, "I do feel like if you don't fumble there, we win"

Thats a man to man conversation right there

Rashard Mendenhall was a great player and a great Steeler ..as a Steeler fan I thank him for his great play

Mend needs to take responsibility. He’s a grown man, act like one

As a bears fan. I’ll never forgive Mendenhall.

Mendenhall spoke the truth. Being racial or not.

No one play loses a game. For every single player's misstep in a game, there were several other plays that could have been made that weren't...

Rashard seems to be a very humble guy and good role model. I really enjoyed his Vald interview he’s doing good positive things and that’s what counts!

No problem with anything mendenhall did, said etc. all truth & that damn fumble didn’t cost the game!

Sorry the guy has suffered over this. Hope he heals. Reminds me of the Steve Bartman story, from the standpoint of one act, one situation unfairly labeling or marking an individual...we MUST forgive others, for we all will have times where we will need that same forgiveness from others.

How the heck can people blame him and not StripSack7 who threw a pick 6, another pick in the red zone setting the Pack up for another easy score and then missing Wallace who was wide open on a crosser for an easy TD, but for some reason, Steelers fans only mention Mendy's fumble,......I wonder why,,,,,,,

Mendenhall was a phenomenal player one play will never define the stellar career he had

I’m not gonna lie i totally forgot about the fumble. Move on bro. Let it go. That’s the past live in the present. You. Are the one carrying that chip bro. Do more great things. And please keep race out this bro. It’s causing separation for nothing but something you can’t let go. Get your emotions healthy bro. Let shit go be a 👑

He brought this heat onto himself with a controversial post. Now, his past is coming back to bite him, and he wants to play victim to one of the most die-hard fan bases in all of football. You get no sympathy from me. As a Vikings fan, you allowed our biggest rival to capture another Lombardi Trophy.

Certain fans never seem to remember how Ben dug the hole that the team was climbing out of...they only remember how, just as we were crawling out of it, Mendenhall kicked us back into it...

Caucasian podcasts have made the same claim that Caucasians would be people of color in sports, so I don't have a problem with Rashard Mendenhall saying the same thing

DUDE, STOP CRYING. ITS LIFE.

Mendenhall don’t realize he’s talking to a bunch of men who has sold their soul

As a black man I know that there would be a racist game ending "melee" if we lose or are losing!!!

That is NOT THE DEFINITION OF RACISM. Racism requires institutional control, of which Black Americans have none!!!

Let it go bruh you the only one still talking about it

What’s interesting is that I never viewed Mendenhall as anything other than a professional player but after his tweet I saw him as a black professional player that wrote a racist post. He changed my perspective of him by showing his thought process of others. Who else does he hate.

His fumble was the back breaker, Big Ben overcame the earlier mistakes to do what he always did, lead a game winning drive. Rashard just can’t accept it

Mendenhall was a beast!!! 😤🔥💨

Didn’t Ben Throw 2 picks, one being a pick 6? Why is mendanhall the scapegoat ?

this man needs a therapist .. that fumble broke him as a person .. thats tough .. god bless him .. hope he gets through this

So it was only white dudes tweeting RM about the fumble?

It’s a damn game, big deal. This man got paid millions to play a game. You made it! You did what a lot of people wish they could do, but aren’t skilled enough to do it. Be thankful

Steelers are not in the SuperBowl without Rashard’s efforts that year. Trying for extra yards does/can lead to a fumble (even if forced). Without those efforts, again, they are not getting to that SuperBowl.

I doubt any black steelers fans weee coming at him at all. Him specifically pointing out race may have been divisive, but it wasn't inaccurate

If you've never played football on that level, if you've never had enough talent to even play football in college, you are not qualified to say who or what Rashard Mendenhall is as football player because you don't know what it's like to play on that level or in college.

Apologies are weak when 1 uses if it hurt

He didn't run against the giants in the afc championship game. Giants are in the nfc

Its good to see how most of you feel about black players. Most of the players feel like Mendenhall and most of you are mad.

Naw they should have signed a fullback instead of using the TE as the lead blocker that play... The TE blew the Block on that play.

People forget that everyone fumbles and makes mistakes. He even took a tough hit and lost the ball. It is not like he didn't care.

Not sure what your channel is about. Is this a neutral channel that reports facts or a channel that gives personal opinion. But you also said the Steelers played the Giants in the afc championship

Mendenhall is a great individual, he, or we should not find him for one moment out of his life!

That's not an apology Ryan. Apologize for what you said, not for how it made him feel.

Scott Norwood: “Get over yourself, you aren’t unique.”

Ryan Clark is a great man

Ryan's definition of racism was incomplete. The tweet was prejudice, was NOT racist.

Mendenhall wouldn’t even make the team if there were to be a racist game like that. Not even as an alternate.

Thats why I love this show

Yall forgot about the part where YALL COULDNT STOP JORDY NELSON!!!

Imagine Mendenhall was your son. You and he work as a little boy, he then becomes a man and makes it to the NFL and all the world talks about is his one mistake. The one time he failed. As a father this would be heart breaking.

that play got in his head, he can't even hear the word fumble without getting triggered. takes himself way too serious

The Steelers were driving down by 4 and he fumbled it is his fault Steelers should have 7 chips instead of 6

That fumble left him so f'd up he started saying dumb stuff on twitter

Love ya MENDEHALL……..IM FROM PITTSBURGH

All it would take is to stop being a baby about it and let it go. People will CONTINUE to mess with him until he says “yeah man you right. I suck. Whatever” and shows it doesn’t bother him. You gotta take the ammo out of it

Respect. I fuckn loved bro. He held the Steelers down for a minute

RC is a real one!