Ryan Leaf Is Out Of Jail And Looks Like Total Shit
It’s hard to believe that the man in this photo was selected number two overall in the NFL Draft just 16 years ago. It’s also unfathomable, in hindsight, to recall that the Colts seriously considered selecting him with the first pick in lieu of the guy they actually chose: Peyton Manning. But look at Ryan Leaf now, fresh off a two and a half year sentence for breaking into a home and stealing prescription drugs. According to Deadspin, his stint didn’t go so well.
Leaf was in a drug treatment center but got kicked out and returned to traditional prison after violating the conditions of his placement, including, according to an administrator, “threatening a staff member.”
And while he was in prison in Montana, he also got in trouble in Texas because the arrest violated his probation there. In Texas, he had pleaded guilty to seven counts of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud after a mess that included accusations he broke into a player’s home while he coached at West Texas A&M and used an incomplete medical history to get nearly 1,000 pain pills, the Associated Press reported.
Here’s a recap of Leaf’s missteps since just before the 1998 NFL Draft, leading up to this point.
Look at him. He looks like a guy you see hunched over at the penny slots in a casino off the Vegas Strip wearing a fanny pack full of saltine crackers. He looks sad and downtrodden. He looks depressed and sloppy. He just looks like total shit.
Throwback to the Manning-Leaf debate of ’98:
[via Deadspin]
Image via Montana Department of Corrections
Roger, I’ll ask nicely: Bring back the forums please?
10 years ago at 5:03 pmI’ll answer nicely: Sorry man, it’s become too big of a risk.
10 years ago at 5:07 pmHey Dorn how much traffic is generated from clicks on commenters ^this and laps, I’m curious
10 years ago at 5:26 pmClicking those generates zero traffic.
10 years ago at 5:29 pmDamn, I thought we were part of the problem and solution but looks like just the problem. Thanks Dorno.
10 years ago at 5:33 pmAdmitting to being part of the problem. NF
10 years ago at 5:56 pmI’m curious how we can talk about “ropey loads” and pulling anal beads out of the bum like you are “starting a chainsaw” in the Tinder Pickup Lines but the content in the forum is too far. I’m not being a smart ass, I am legitimately curious.
10 years ago at 9:15 amThanks for not being a dick about it for once.
P.S. Fuck you Dorn
10 years ago at 5:55 pmOut of genuine curiosity, how is it a risk. I get that content gets on there that you don’t want, but how is that a risk. Just in the sense that it pisses off potential advertisers?
10 years ago at 7:56 pmCompanies who sponsor TFM do not want to be associated with, or appear like they’re supporting anything in that Forum. From a business standpoint, I understand. #RIP
10 years ago at 4:44 pmTwo and a half years of anal and drinking toilet wine will do that to a man
10 years ago at 5:10 pmSpeaking from experience?
10 years ago at 5:22 pmOne choice could have changed his life….he shoulda tried odouls…
10 years ago at 5:51 pmFucking Cougs baby
10 years ago at 5:54 pm“wearing a fanny pack full of saltine crackers”, interesting choice of words…sounds like something a pedophile would do.
10 years ago at 5:55 pmAs a Colts fan, I remember Mel Kiper claiming Peyton Manning didn’t have the arm of Leaf and his feet moved around in the pocket too much. He was all up Ryan Leaf’s ass before the ’98 draft and told Bill Polian, the newly hired Colts GM, that he would be an absolute idiot if he took #18 over Leaf. From that day, every single opinion that leaked out of Kiper’s stupid fucking face has been invalidated. You can’t simply move on with your career after being THAT wrong. I have to laugh every time he obnoxiously interrupts Todd McShay to spew his trash opinions like Teddy Bridgewater being the clear-cut #1 overall pick.
10 years ago at 6:03 pmKiper also said back in ’12 “RGIII should improve faster and be a better all around QB than Andrew Luck.” When will he learn to shut the hell up.
10 years ago at 11:33 pmTODD! TODD! TODD!
10 years ago at 1:14 pmCalled Jimmy Clausen a Top-Ten pick as well
10 years ago at 10:01 amPretty much sums up his career
http://imgur.com/3Tze9Jx
10 years ago at 6:13 pm10 years ago at 6:16 pm
Should have left it alone, champ.
10 years ago at 6:32 pmAaaaaaaand yes, the app shits itself when I tried to watch the video. What the fuck is your app developer cunt actually doing?
10 years ago at 6:32 pmWazzou brings out only the finest
10 years ago at 7:21 pm*Wazzu
10 years ago at 6:15 pmStay in drugs, don’t do school
10 years ago at 7:56 pm