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That’s probably the biggest knock against Griffin. He doesn’t fit the prototypical quarterback mold, which makes life a little more uncomfortable for the teams that draft him. This isn’t a situation like Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf, where one of the...
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TV screen a few yards in front of me, and all logic had just gone over the edge. Sitting in the press lounge at Cowboys Stadium, where I had come to cover a mid-December game, I was witnessing the latest Tebow miracle play out with scores of my...
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To be clear, these data mean that Akili Smith provided 1.6% of the expected value of a 3rd overall pick. That's just horrendously terrible. He was almost twice as bad as Ryan Leaf. No other player in history has performed below 2% of his expected value. A singular talent, that Akili Smith. The 1997-9 dr...
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30 years it considered Hall of Fame worthy. We still haven't discussed any of the four all-decade safeties from the 1980s yet. Woodson was passed over on the 1990s all-decade team, and that certainly doesn't help his cause.Best prospect in any draft you...
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Fourteen years ago, with a significantly smaller media crowd (maybe 10 or 12 reporters) on hand, Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf competed to be number one, and Leaf came in overweight and botched his interview with the first-picking Colts, and the rest is...
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So what makes a QB tick? The answer is the basis of the criteria we chose to rank players at the position for the B/R NFL 1,000. Quarterbacks must have an ability to lead and must be able to stay calm under pressure. It is the difference between a Ryan...
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The last time it was a debate in the war room between quarterbacks Peyton Manning of Tennessee and Ryan Leaf of Washington State. The ultimate decision of Manning decided to be a franchise saver, bringing the Colts from the bottom of the league to the...
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At least one prominent N.F.L. figure, citing Griffin’s superior mobility, agrees with him. In a near vacuum, perceptions can change before the draft as analysts start picking at flaws. (Manning was scrutinized so closely that many draftniks had Ryan...
About Ryan Leaf
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Ryan David Leaf (born May 15, 1976) is a former American football quarterback who played for the San Diego Chargers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys between 1998 and 2001. His brother Brady was a quarterback for the University of Oregon Ducks. Full Article
