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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Diego at least won its first two games, but after a Sept. 27 loss to the New York Giants in which Leaf was yanked out and chained to the bench, the once cocky pup whimpered, "You just wonder, 'Are you good enough to do this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rookies Under Siege | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

Manning vs. Leaf in Indianapolis. The Dog Day Afternoon Bowl. The nice boy you'd want your daughter to marry versus the one she'd probably rather torment you with. And the result? Nobody on the field should have been paid more than $40 before taxes. Manning and Leaf were characteristically bewitched, bothered and bewildered at times, and mediocre overall, which was a step in the right direction. The Colts got their first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rookies Under Siege | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...marathon," the relentlessly polite Manning drawled afterward, saying he feels a little more comfortable with each game. Leaf said he wasn't convinced that what's happening to him can be called a learning experience. "It feels pretty terrible. I don't feel good about anything right...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rookies Under Siege | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...Free agency has made it a different world," Colts president Bill Polian said, adding that people foolishly expect big contracts to translate into instant success. Polian was delighted by the wisdom of a comment made by ex-quarterback Phil Simms about the chatter over who's better, Manning or Leaf. "Phil said neither one has a clue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rookies Under Siege | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

...There's no way any rookie quarterback can have a clue," agrees Madden. Charlie Batch, an unheralded Detroit Lions rookie, has at times looked better than Manning or Leaf, but he's still working in the dark too. Madden says it's partly because college defenses are run oriented and NFL defenses, which are pass oriented, change drastically from one down to the next and one team to the next...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rookies Under Siege | 10/19/1998 | See Source »

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