ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith has clearly sided with Ryan Clark in his ongoing feud with New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers, preferring his colleagues to the weekly on-air guest on their airwaves.

The feud lasted all week and began with Rodgers calling out the media for “stupid” views. Clark responded by taking a hard look at everything to do with Rodgers, which later led to insults.

Smith explained two mistakes he believes Rodgers made during this vendetta. First, he’s targeting someone who has played in the NFL before, not just someone seen on TV.

His second mistake, according to Smith, was implying that vaccinated people shouldn’t be listened to, like Clark. Rodgers’ accusation comes three years after he lied to the NFL about his own vaccination status.

Smith has worked with both men in his career and got involved in this situation that he had not been involved in before.

“My man, ball and win, because the reality is, as great as you are, you haven’t won a Super Bowl since 2010. You haven’t been to the Super Bowl since 2010,” Smith said of Rodgers. “And now your career is going in the wrong direction because of wins and losses.”

Smith has sided with Ryan Clark in his ongoing feud with quarterback Aaron Rodgers

The feud lasted all week and began with Rodgers calling out the media for “stupid” views

Smith explained two mistakes he believes Rodgers made in this vendetta against Clark

“You don’t want to attack Ryan Clark.” This is not a winnable situation for you, Aaron Rodgers. In fact, the situation is almost as bad as going out on Sunday in a Jets uniform.”

Rodgers used his weekly paid appearance on The Pat McAfee Show to attack Clark, with McAfee licensing the show to ESPN instead of working at the network. Clark has fired back at the attacks by attacking Rodgers himself in an ongoing cycle of vitriol.

“This is not Aaron Rodgers clapping at a reporter.” This is Aaron Rodgers, a former contemporary, a member of the club, a member of the clique, an NFL player, a Super Bowl “Champion, you apply, you qualify,” Smith said. “Aaron Rodgers can’t attack Ryan Clark the way he would someone like me who’s never played football.”

A third mistake Rodgers made was believing that Clark was also targeting McAfee because he paid Rodgers to appear on his show.

Smith believes Rodgers needed to be paid to appear on his friend’s show with the ESPN commercials rather than making it work for free with his huge NFL contract.

“The brother has high integrity,” Smith said of Clark. “He’s very principled and doesn’t leave anyone behind. “So if Aaron Rodgers wants to attack him, you can’t attack him on his credentials as a football player, other than he wasn’t you.”

“You cannot attack him because of his integrity or his professionalism as a media representative.”