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NFL Football Players Draft Injuries Rookies Season SuperbowlPublished: December 22, 2009
Clearly, Charger fans are anxious to move away from the stigma of Leaf, but the reality is, Leaf is their goat from now until the end of time.
Leaf is an incomparable joke that resonates throughout time. When the Chargers selected Leaf, they traded a three time Pro Bowler, two first round picks, and a second round pick to move-up one spot in order to select him.
That second round pick could have been used to select offensive tackle Flozell Adams or corner back Patrick Surtain, amongst other star-players.
Leaf belongs in the same category "draft day blunders " along with Joe Barry Carroll and Sam Bowie of the NBA, not JaMarcus Russell. The legacy of Leaf is not purely in his statistics. His negative impact was from what the Chargers gave-up and passed on to get him.
Moreover, had Leaf had an even temperament, he probably would have remained on the team and may have been able to rectify his career...
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