Timothy Edward Ryan (born September 8, 1967 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a former National Football League defensive tackle. I want to sincerely apologize to him and anyone else I offended.”Ryan attended Wednesday’s practice here in Florida, and his suspension was announced shortly thereafter.The 49ers are finalizing his replacement for Sunday’s broadcast, and it figures to be an alumni, such as former defensive lineman Dennis Brown.The 49ers release the following statement announcing Ryan’s suspension:“We are disappointed in Tim Ryan’s comments earlier this week, and have suspended him for the upcoming game. 49ers suspend announcer Tim Ryan for comment about Jackson By JOSH DUBOW December 5, 2019 GMT SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have suspended radio analyst Tim Ryan for one game for saying Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson was adept at carrying out fakes because of his “dark skin color with a dark football.” For 12 years, he served as a color analyst for Fox NFL telecasts, teaming with various play-by-play announcers including Chris Myers, Sam Rosen, Curt Menefee, and Ron Pitts. Said the 49ers: “We hold Tim to a high standard as a representative of our organization and he must be more thoughtful with his words.
We hold Tim to a high standard as a representative of our organization and he must be more thoughtful with his words. 34. I can’t say I’m offended or even support his suspension. We know Tim as a man of high integrity and are confident he will grow and learn from this experience. "In a statement released through the team, Ryan apologized.“I regret my choice of words in trying to describe the conditions of the game," he said.
His father, Joe, was general manager of three Canadian Football League teams in Winnipeg, Montreal and Edmonton and is an honoured member of both the Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Speaking on the popular KNBR, Ryan said that Jackson "was really good at that fake, Lamar Jackson, but when you consider his dark skin color with a dark football with a dark uniform, you could not see that thing.“I mean you literally could not see when he was in and out of the mesh point and if you’re a half step slow on him in terms of your vision forget about it, he’s out of the gate.”Both Ryan and the 49ers issued statements of apology for the comments “I regret my choice of words in trying to describe the conditions of the game. Zero impact on me or the world, really. "Part of his coming back should be coming to meet with members of the African American community for better understanding of how those words can be hurtful," Moore said, Niners cornerback Richard Sherman, who is black, defended Ryan on Thursday and said the radio man was making a valid point — but should have chosen better words, “I understand how it can be taken under a certain context and be offensive to some, but if you’re saying, this is a brown ball, they’re wearing dark colors, and he has a brown arm, honestly, sometimes we were having trouble seeing it on film," Sherman told reporters. And you look up and (Ravens running back Mark) Ingram is running it. I want to sincerely apologize to him and anyone else I offended.”Ryan, a former player for the Chicago Bears, has been a radio announcer for the 49ers for six seasons and prior to that was a TV analyst on Fox.The Rev. Prior to joining the 49ers, the South Bay native was an NFL game analyst on TV for Fox.Become a Saints insider and have the latest Saints news sent to your e-mail inbox. He has been the Niners’ radio color analyst since 2014. Posted by. Ryan has been commenting NFL games since 2002. So it was technically a valid point, but you can always phrase things better.”Former 49ers defensive lineman Dennis Brown, who has been a pre- and post-game analyst for KNBR, will take Ryan's place in the booth on Sunday, Elisha Fieldstadt is a breaking news reporter for NBC News.“He’s really good at that fake ... but when you consider his dark skin color with a dark football with a dark uniform, you could not see that thing,” Tim Ryan said.Get breaking news alerts and special reports.