To the Colts, Peyton Manning. To the Chargers, Ryan Leaf.
Their names are forever linked, but their lives since the 1998 NFL Draft couldn’t be more distinct. Leaf’s brief stint in San Diego abruptly ended in 2000, his football career soon after. He’s widely considered the biggest quarterback flop in NFL history, south of JaMarcus Russell. After football, Leaf’s addiction to painkillers sunk him to new lows.
But Leaf is back and sober, and he was making the rounds Thursday on Radio Row. We had a chance to speak with him.
For a while now, there’s been talk of a changed Ryan Leaf. What does that mean? Has there been some sort of a transformation?
