DaFace and I were just talking football, and we looked something up and remembered this little fact.
Not only was Ryan Leaf a colossal bust with the #2 pick in the draft, but San Diego traded up to get him. The Cardinals held the #2 slot and the Chargers held the #3 spot. To move up one spot in the first round, the Chargers gave the Cardinals...
the #3 pick in the first round in 1998 (Andre Wadsworth)
their first-round pick the next year (#8 - David Boston)
their second-round pick in 1998 (#33 - Corey Chavous)
kick returner Eric Metcalf
linebacker Patrick Sapp
I didn't remember that the Chargers traded into that spot. Ouch. [Reply]
Originally Posted by PunkinDrublic:
If he wants to prove himself worthy of being drafted ahead of Peyton Manning, he sure has a funny way of showing it.
Originally Posted by RINGLEADER:
I remember that game vividly. He came in 2-0 and talking smack about how Arrowhead was “just another stadium” then proceed to complete like 4 passes and 5 INTs. Don’t remember the exact numbers but he had more completions to Chiefs than he did to Chargers. Shortly thereafter he had the famous locker room outburst and that was a wrap on his career.
Originally Posted by Gadzooks:
You guys just won the super bowl. Why are you jackin' off to a victory over a guy, with a brain tumor, that happened in the rain 22 years ago?
Originally Posted by Gadzooks:
You guys just won the super bowl. Why are you jackin' off to a victory over a guy, with a brain tumor, that happened in the rain 22 years ago?
Why are you trying to relate his struggles to a brain tumor he had removed years later? Leaf only had one medical issue during his playing career and that was his addiction to pain pills. I think the game at Arrowhead might have actually started that addiction too. :-) [Reply]