Ryan Leaf joins ESPN

[QuestionSocratic]

...and will work games on ESPN2 and ESPNU with Clay Matvick.

I'm not sure how hard I should be laughing.

 

[Wamu]

 

[CaptainStubing]

in all seriousness, i'm pretty impressed that guy pulled himself up by his bootstraps because after his massive failure in the NFL, it was looking like his life story was not going to end well .....

 

[Beengay fudgepackers]

He should announce games with jay cutler.

 

[jjc2009]

Most people deserve a second chance.

Guy was a great college QB and a total bust in the NFL. He wasn’t the first and he won’t be the last.

He engaged in some pretty self-destructive behavior afterward.

If it humbled him he deserves a shot.

 

[78Cyclones]

I think, when it is all said and done, he will be the BEST announcer EVER.



/ sarcasm

 

[Blackshirts BLVD]

Hope he makes some '97 references.

 

[ralphiewvu]

Imagine him and Spurrier together with like Bob Wischusen. That’d be awesome

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Good for him...

... And wtf is ESPN thinking?

 

[Sir Robin Of Camelot]

Can’t be worse than Andre Ware.

 

[GoldRusher]

Oh goody, another ESPN "expert" who is clearly high when they make their pre game picks..

 

[PolarVortex]

in all seriousness, i'm pretty impressed that guy pulled himself up by his bootstraps because after his massive failure in the NFL, it was looking like his life story was not going to end well .....

Leaf will have more trials. He'll never defeat his demons longterm. He can't just walk away from them and be done with them like, say, Robert Downey Jr did. He is more like Doc Gooden. They will always come back into his life from time to time.

 

[PolarVortex]

Most people deserve a second chance.

Guy was a great college QB and a total bust in the NFL. He wasn’t the first and he won’t be the last.

He engaged in some pretty self-destructive behavior afterward.

If it humbled him he deserves a shot.

I think this is more like his fourth or fifth chance.

 

[Beaker]

I give this two years, max, before he fucks it up

 

[78Cyclones]

I think this is more like his fourth or fifth chance.

Ignorant here, did / does he have drug issues?

 

[Red_Alert]

Advantage Florida because 'grass' doh.

 

[GNG]

...and will work games on ESPN2 and ESPNU with Clay Matvick.

I'm not sure how hard I should be laughing.

He is already out of jail?

 

[PolarVortex]

Ignorant here, did / does he have drug issues?

Yes. Prescription opiates. He's been arrested for breaking into houses on at least two occasions.

 

[PolarVortex]

I give this two years, max, before he fucks it up

Unfortunately accurate and two years may be quite generous.

 

[78Cyclones]

Yes. Prescription opiates. He's been arrested for breaking into houses on at least two occasions.

Did not know that. I wish him well, hope he is successful @ ESPN and most importantly stays clean!