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Ryan Leaf Wishes Peyton Manning the Best

Feb 4, 2007 – 9:55 AM
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ESPN's Outside the Lines aired a segment this morning about Ryan Leaf, the former Chargers quarterback and draft bust who at one point was considered by many a better prospect than Peyton Manning. Leaf said he considers Manning a friend, that he and Manning spoke on New Year's Eve, and that although he rarely watches NFL games, he's rooting for Manning to earn a Super Bowl ring tonight.

Leaf came across on ESPN like a mature, confident person who has come to accept the fact that he never achieved NFL success. Leaf is now the quarterbacks coach and golf coach at West Texas A&M, earning, ESPN said, "close to $30,000 a year." But he still has millions saved up and doesn't need to work for the money. Leaf said his dream job is to coach one of the two college football teams in his home state, University of Montana or Montana State. When asked whether he would ever want to coach in the NFL, he said, "No. I don't like that level."
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