As Bryce Young becomes more clearly entrenched as the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 draft, a real question exists as to who’ll be the second quarterback taken. And that can cause plenty of stuff to be said to people who speak into microphones by those who want Will Levis to go before C.J. Stroud, and vice-versa.

That’s quite possibly what has led to a media squabble between Brady Quinn and Ryan Clark, over whether Stroud’s failure to attend the Manning Passing Academy as a counselor is a factor in the perception that Stroud is dropping.

Appearing on a CBS Sports podcast, Quinn was asked why there’s a perception that Stroud’s stock is falling. Quinn said this, via Colin Gay of the Columbus Dispatch: “The Manning Passing Academy, I’ve been told that he committed to it the night before, just kind of ghosted them, didn’t show up. That’s football royalty. And when you do that, that’s going to set off some alarms for people like, ‘Hey man, that’s not how you conduct yourself, especially around the Manning family or just in general if you’re going to be a franchise quarterback.'”

Ryan Clark of ESPN had a strong reaction to Quinn’s remarks.

“CJ Stroud never committed to attend the Manning camp,” Clark tweeted. “He chose to work with his teammates at [Ohio State] instead before his final season. He wasn’t paid to go, & furthermore [Brady Quinn] . . . what does acquiescing to the Manning family have to do with leading an organization?”

Clark later added this: “This is an example of analyst like [Brady Quinn] telling stories of 0 value to diminish a man’s character while validating his own.