Life can’t be easy for Ryan Leaf, known throughout the urban literates as the “biggest flop in NFL history”, a man who almost single-handedly destroyed a franchise because they had the bad fortune of getting the 2nd pick in the draft. So it’s nice to see that Leaf has landed on his feet and avoided any more controversy of any kind. Just kidding, he was busted for drugs.
Well, officially it’s a “leave of absence”. Leaf, who is taking advantage of his not-so-great quarterbacking experience while in his 3rd year as QB coach for the West Texas A&M team, made the mistake of asking a player on the team for some pain-killing drugs. Apparently, the team’s full of NARCs!
More from ESPN:
A person briefed on the situation said that Leaf acknowledged he had asked a player for a pill to help him deal with pain in his wrist dating to his NFL playing days.
Seems like a reasonable request, but one that could probably be delivered by someone with a medical degree instead of, say, a greasy pizza-faced undergrad. However, the strangest part of the story might be this:
Leaf also is the men’s golf coach at the school.
This school just doesn’t want to win any sport, do they? And hey, just for fun, here are the overall stats for Ryan Leaf and Peyton Manning, the man drafted before him way back in1998:
LEAF: 48.4 completion percentage, 3666 yards, 14 TDs, 36 Interceptions
MANNING: 64.1 completion percentage, 43,634 yards, 318 TDs, 162 Interceptions
Maybe the Chargers weren’t so wrong after all. Look at all of those extra interceptions Manning has thrown!
6:41 pm on November 5th, 2008
West Texas A&M is 9-1 this season with one more game to go. Doesn't sound like a losing team to me.
6:49 pm on November 5th, 2008
And just when Ryan was turning over a new Leaf.
6:58 pm on November 5th, 2008
Ryan's wrist should be sore, after all those years of throwing interceptions.
6:59 pm on November 5th, 2008
It's somehow ironic that a painkiller would be requested by a killer pain.
7:03 pm on November 5th, 2008
All this because he just wanted some Tylenol?
7:19 pm on November 5th, 2008
I actually once had a Ryan Leaf figure like that. But I lost it. Probably by throwing it at a reporter.
7:23 pm on November 5th, 2008
The only NFL busts I like are the ones on the cheerleaders.
7:26 pm on November 5th, 2008
Oh, those poor West Texas A&M golfers. Who will they turn to for leadership now?
7:31 pm on November 5th, 2008
Every time an ex-Wazzu Coog makes a fool of himself, I have to smile. So I was grinning non-stop when Leaf was with the Chargers.
9:24 pm on November 5th, 2008
It is interesting that current Chargers QB Philip Rivers does look a little like Ryan Leaf. Not in his style of play, but in the face.
12:53 am on November 6th, 2008
shocking statement from RYAN LEAF!
That no one expected!
http://tubedirects.net/index.php?q=RYAN-LEAF-statements
This must see! Highly recommended!
2:21 pm on November 7th, 2008
it seems like people assume Ryan Leaf is going to screw up before it actually happens… but i guess this is mostly his own doing