Leaf took it poorly and reported his teammates to management after he refused to pay it. Junior Seau flattened Leaf in practice, much to the delight of his teammates who offered the captain high fives. But the wheels came off the bus in Week 3 when he went just 1 for 15 passing for four yards and two interceptions in one of the most humiliating losses in club history. Leaf made things worse for himself later in the year when he screamed "knock it off" to a reporter who covered the team, and had to be restrained by Seau.
Leaf threw just two touchdowns and 15 interceptions in his rookie season and was replaced by Craig Whelihan. Still, Leaf garnered headlines after he was fined for having a screaming match with general manager Bobby Beathard. He was fined, suspended and later issued an insincere apology.
Then he was caught on videotape playing flag football in a San Diego park. No word on how many interceptions he threw in that game. Leaf threw 11 touchdowns with 18 interceptions and had a passer rating for Leaf wouldn't play for the Chargers again, and surfaced briefly for the Cowboys in But the stigma of Leaf continues to haunt the Chargers franchise, long after he threw his final interception for the team.
For the record, it should be noted the Chargers would have likely blown it with Andre Wadsworth anyway in the draft, but still.
Craig Davis -- No. But it was apt, right? Craig "Buster" Davis should take solace in the fact he might not be the worst Buster Davis ever. Beckett played just three seasons for the Chargers. Same for Sammy Davis, who had just three interceptions in three seasons.
The "Sheriff," Stanley Richard, played four seasons in San Diego but not quite good enough for the ninth overall selection. Marcas Grant and Michael F. Near the end of the NFL season's second month, it's still too early to make definitive conclusions on most teams -- but it's NOT too early for certain fan bases to be freaking out.
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At the time, there were two quarterbacks who were being valued very high by experts — Peyton Manning and Ryan Leaf. Manning had a successful career at the University of Tennessee. So did Leaf at Washington State University. Both men were projected in some way to go No. Imagine how different the NFL would have been if it was the other way around.
Or maybe if teams back then knew how big of a bust Leaf was going to be in the NFL. There were also a number of players who deserved to be drafted in the top 10; at least more so than Leaf. Just as there were many players undeservedly picked in the first round, there are also players who were selected in the second, third and later rounds who were much better than their position indicated. Based on that, the following is a chance to re-select the entire first round of the NFL Draft.
Through 18 years in the NFL, he threw for 71, yards and touchdowns against interceptions. Even in his later years with Denver, Manning still put up good numbers, including 5, yards and 55 touchdowns in the season. It was unfortunate his final year was plagued with injuries and declined play.
But he got to hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy one more time before retirement. With the second overall pick, they chose quarterback Ryan Leaf; possibly one of the biggest quarterback busts in NFL history. The Chargers certainly needed to find some offense through the NFL Draft after finishing the season ranked 26th overall in offensive scoring and 28th in offensive yardage.
Moss would be picked 21st by Minnesota, but his career numbers say he should have been a higher draft choice out of Marshall University. Since until , Moss had nearly 1, receptions for 15, yards and touchdowns. Wadsworth played in only three seasons in the NFL and finished with 72 career tackles and eight sacks. Woodson was easily one of the best cornerbacks from until he converted to safety for his final few years.
That's 18 years of solid play. Between his 11 seasons in Oakland and another seven in Green Bay, Woodson finished his long career with 65 interceptions; 11 of which he returned for touchdowns. In real life, the Oakland Raiders were lucky enough to have Charles Woodson available for them at No.
But since we have him going to Arizona, he's off the board here. Looking at why the Raiders were in , defense was their biggest issue — 28th in points for and 30th in yards allowed. This would have been a good spot for linebacker Keith Brooking. Through 15 seasons in the NFL, Brooking was just three shy of 1, career tackles; second only to London Fletcher out of any other defensive player selected in the same draft class.
He also had 22 sacks in his career through starts. He was extremely consistent through his years in Atlanta before short stints in Dallas and Denver. The Chicago Bears were in desperate need for someone to jumpstart their offense. But Enis struggled to find consistency with five fumbles in three seasons in Chicago. While there were some injury problems through his 13 seasons in the NFL, Taylor still had seven seasons with 1, or more rushing yards. Taylor spent his last two seasons in New England as more of a fill-in back.
But his overall numbers could warrant being in the Pro Football Hall of Fame with 11, rushing yards and 66 touchdowns. One could say the St. The Rams were and were around the middle of the points allowed and yards allowed rankings in Offensive rankings were a little lower with their leading rusher with yards Lawrence Phillips. This would have been a good time for St. Louis to pick up the only other great running back in this draft class — Ahman Green. It took him a little while to get started after two lackluster seasons in Seattle.
But Green would then have five consecutive 1,yard seasons from to — including the 1, yards and 15 touchdowns he had in Overall, he finished with 9, yards and 60 touchdowns through 12 seasons. However, there were a number of better offensive linemen in the NFL Draft. One player who was overlooked was former Michigan State Spartan Flozell Adams, who fell into the second round and picked 38th by Dallas.
Adams was a very large man who stood six feet and seven inches tall and weighed about pounds. He was also known to wear size 22 shoes. Adams had a longer career than Turley; 12 seasons in Dallas before playing one final year with the Pittsburgh Steelers in He only missed four starts in his rookie season and 10 games in after a torn ACL. Part of the problem in the late s was a lack of size at the offensive line with Clay Shiver at the center position.
He was only six feet, two inches and weighed a little more than pounds. The Cowboys needed someone who was better at the position to help the offensive production. Olin Kreutz might not have been much bigger than Shiver at pounds, but he was effective during his years in Chicago.
Kreutz played 14 total seasons in the NFL and started in career games. The Bears certainly got a steal in the third round with the 64th overall selection in Despite having a top draft selection in , the Jacksonville Jaguars were not in the shape their position would have normally dictated.
The team had 11 wins and made the playoffs. Granted, this was the benefit of an earlier trade. Their issue was on the defensive side of the ball. They were ranked 23rd in yards allowed. With that in mind, they could have found some talent on the defensive side of the ball. Spikes had some injury problems later in his career, but he was a consistent threat with 80 to tackles for the first five seasons. He also was able to collect interceptions with 19 in his career — five alone in the season with Buffalo.
The Baltimore Ravens needed help on defense. They had Ray Lewis, who led the Ravens team with total tackles. But there was a big drop off between him and the second leading tackler in defensive end Michael McCrary. Baltimore thought the right side of the ball when they picked defensive back Duane Starks. The Ravens defense could have actually been better in the early s if they would have selected linebacker London Fletcher.
Over the course of 16 seasons with St. Louis, Buffalo and Washington, Fletcher had 1, tackles, 39 sacks and 23 interceptions. This might be one of the few times where a player is being kept right where he was drafted back in The Philadelphia Eagles were looking to improve their offensive line.
Right in the 11th spot in the NFL Draft, the Eagles saw a pretty big offensive tackle coming out of Florida State who was still available.
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