How would Peyton's career be different? Also note Leaf did not want to go to Indianapolis.
Card fans will be angry and will always look back at what could have been. I would laugh if this scenario led to Colts and the Chargers sharing a stadium in LA@RySenkari Pagging you....
Well.....Well...we cardinals kicked out as we traded that pick(we still have jake plummer but still) well depends...Spanos in san diego is a infamous PoS scrooge who would hold out with Peyton for his rookie money... again they might get him and with a junio seau lead defense they might get WC in that time(both times were pretty the same)
But Indy...iNDY....
Any man with two Brian cells to rub together will do the same.I can see Arizona taking Peyton and trading Plummer.
Of Course as we never rated leaf that high(manning was because we could later trade either QB)and yeah would be...and don't doubt it(unless Indy pull a san diego and got both Brees and LT)Card fans will be angry and will always look back at what could have been. I would laugh if this scenario led to Colts and the Chargers sharing a stadium in LA
We already traded the pick unless we renegaded the deal when hear Colt Pick...so that is a miss because in TC manning would be plummer and we could trade Plummer...to San Diego...I can see Arizona taking Peyton and trading Plummer.
See our TL as example( as better coaching allow him to develop his potential but his personality did still make him to make big mistakes ...)Since Ryan had an outlier low trajectory in OTL, I think almost any change is likely to bring his career more back toward the middle regarding the universe of total possibilities. Just that there are more ways for events to go middle than outlier.
Maybe Ryan's quarterback coach, meaning the coach he spent the most time with on a day-by-day basis, could say to him early on, the media's going to talk some shit, in fact, that's half the fun.. . . ( as better coaching allow him to develop his potential . . .
Maybe Ryan's quarterback coach, meaning the coach he spent the most time with on a day-by-day basis, could say to him early on, the media's going to talk some shit, in fact, that's half the fun.
And maybe some of the players and coaches could even have an informal contest, the jackass media question of the week.
Yeah depend a lot of things but Indy Getting Aaron Rodgers to remplace leaf is something too...Ryan leaf imo could have become a decent QB in the NFL at best he'd be like Alex smith and at worst he'd be a journey man like Fitzpatrick. But unfortunately for him in otl he was drafted by the the chargers, the garbage fire of the league. He wasn't given stability since spanos didn't given him a QB coach to work with for an entire season. (kinda makes you appreciate Drew Brees for coming out a great QB from the same situation)
So at the colts Leaf will succeed, after a very bad start (not Alex smith bad, but ehh) but will get better with time as the colts will provide him with stability and weapons to work with especially since they'll be high in the draft board for the first couple of seasons. If he manages to turn around the colts luck and get them a ring or two he may end up in the HOF. But most likely scenario will be that the colts draft Aaron Rodgers in 2005 and like Alex smith he gets traded away after Roders jumps up the depth chart.
Imo in this scenario old Archie and Peyton will do what old Archie and Eli did in 2004, refuse to sign for the chargers and get traded to he giants, after the commissioner Paul Tagliabue orchestras a coup against al Davis's attempt to nap peyton like Pete Rozelle did in 83 with Elway