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Originally Posted by TroyF
I picked Russel. Simply because he went #1 and Leaf went #2. I don't like the Kolb/Manning analogy. The Chargers couldn't have had Peyton Manning. They picked second. The two QB's taken after Leaf were Charlie Batch (end of round 2) and Brian Greise (end of round 3, 1 pick ahead of Hines Ward) Matt Hasselbach was selected in the sixth round by the way.
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The Chargers could not have had Manning. But Manning/Leaf are forever locked into a discussion of Leaf's bustiness. Even if Indy never for a second considered taking Leaf, the tenor of the pre-draft discussion certainly caused everyone to consider the two together.
Being a bust is, in part, about perception.
Maybe instead of Kolb, you could use Brady Quinn, since he was the other big name QB in that draft. But I think that you end up in the same place as Kevin Kolb there. Neither of those guys is Payton Manning.