"MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. - Jordan Clark didn't make the trip to Miami for Monday night's game against the Dolphins. He's a rookie defensive back on the Jets' practice squad and has yet to be promoted to a gameday active roster. So he stayed back home in New Jersey because, for now, that's his job. His dad, meanwhile, had his own job to do in relation to the game at Hard Rock Stadium. In fact he played a fairly large role in the way the world saw it unfold."
"Ryan Clark doesn't say much about his son. Not publicly at least. He politely declined to comment to Newsday on their relationship through ESPN. The one time he made a rare remark regarding Jordan was back in the summer when Jordan was cut by the Jets at the end of training camp and was about to return on the practice squad."
"Ryan Clark did, indeed, begin his career in New York - with the Giants - as an undrafted rookie in 2002 a year after Jordan was born. He made the team initially out of camp under head coach Jim Fassel but after just a few weeks the team added veteran Johnnie Harris. Clark was waived but, like Jordan, came back to the team on the practice squad."
Jordan Clark remained in New Jersey and did not travel to Miami because he is a rookie defensive back on the Jets' practice squad and not on the gameday roster. Ryan Clark is a former Pro Bowl safety and Super Bowl winner who works as an analyst for ESPN and participated in Monday Night Football broadcasts. Ryan rarely comments publicly about his son and declined to comment on their relationship through ESPN. Ryan acknowledged Jordan's practice-squad status on social media and his own NFL career began as an undrafted rookie with the Giants, starting on a practice squad before reaching an active roster.
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