Hunter S. Thompson's advice on Leaf versus Manning.

[Rain Man]

Apparently he was a Colts fan, but not a very savvy one.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2018/07/nfl...hompson-letter

[2bikemike]

Originally Posted by Gadzooks

I think HST might have been right. Maybe Leaf wouldn't have developed that brain tumor of his if he were in Indy instead of SD.

Originally Posted by rushman

Plenty of people suggested Leaf over Manning. Hindsight is 20/20. In fact, Manning went 1 and 15 his first year, and the book was still out on him. In basketball, Greg Oden was drafted over Kevin Durrant....most everyone agreed Oden had to go number one. Everyone would have picked Jamarcus Russell, as well.

My point is that nobody knows anything about anything. I mean, nobody knows a single thing that is actionable. Only in hindsight do people have the answers.

I always thought Leaf got a raw deal. The Chargers O-line couldn't block to save their lives. Anybody remember the Stan Humphries 1,000 Yard stare right after his eye balls rolled back into place?

Leaf needed a few years to mature and playing behind that line did not help. He could have used a guiding hand along the way. Unfortunately for him he screwed the pooch on developing a maturity and wrecked his life.

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by 2bikemike

I always thought Leaf got a raw deal. The Chargers O-line couldn't block to save their lives. Anybody remember the Stan Humphries 1,000 Yard stare right after his eye balls rolled back into place?

Leaf needed a few years to mature and playing behind that line did not help. He could have used a guiding hand along the way. Unfortunately for him he screwed the pooch on developing a maturity and wrecked his life.

Yeah, when Humphries got blasted into CTE hell, it ended his career on the spot. I was just thinking about that hit the other day...that one and the Trent Green hit...still make me puke.

Leaf got screwed by getting picked by San Diego, same reason why Archie told SD not to pick Peyton if he was still available at #2, then 5 or 6 years later wouldn't allow them to draft Eli and basically forced NY and SD to swap places, and in essence, QBs. Or wasn't Eli technically drafted by SD and traded to NY in a pre-worked deal, ala Elway being drafted by the Colts and traded to Denver??

Leaf didn't have an old man with NFL pull. He started off 2-0, and that, in hindsight, may have been the worst thing to have happened to him...because he came to Arrowhead and we UNDRESSED that ****er. Ruined his career. Of course, we returned the favor in a couple years later when Drew Brees had his big coming out party...against the Chiefs.

Whatever.