Ryan Clark tears up as he tells all about his shock ESPN firing: ‘Using layoffs as a cover and a camouflage’

Ryan Clark’s ESPN exit is hitting him hard. The ex-NFL defensive back was among the many let go by the Worldwide Leader this week, and he went on his “The Pivot” podcast Friday to discuss what went down. Clark, 46, even teared up at one point during the show as the weight of it all seemed to sink in. Clark made clear how his end at ESPN came to be: “Let me put this to bed — I wasn’t laid off, I was fired.” “They’re using layoffs as a cover and a camouflage for what they already intended on doing,” Clark added. “But there was no cause for it. So because there was no cause for it, you couldn’t just fire me, you had to wait ’til the layoffs so you could camouflage it and veil it.” Clark made an appearance on “NFL Live” on Monday and was told during the program — as word leaked that he was bei