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Originally Posted by Beemnseven
There were many, many scouts, experts, and general managers who were salivating over the possiblities of Ryan Leaf. It's not like Beathard was a lone madman hellbent on getting that malcontent buffoon while everyone else was warning against it. On lots of draft boards, Leaf was ahead of Peyton Manning.
It was a crapshoot, like the draft always is, and Beathard lost.
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I've tried to make the same point regarding Desmond Howard.
Even the great Bobby Beathard wasn't immune to making a draft blunder. Should we hang that over his head like some to do Gibbs with Howard? While it's a blemish on the resume, you can't ignore the entire body of work.