Ex-NFL QB Ryan Leaf Absolutely Wrecks Online Troll in Brutal Social Media Exchange

Ahmad Austin Jr.Mar 13th, 2024, 2:30 pm
 
Ryan Leaf

Jevone Moore/AP

Retired NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf had some incredibly harsh words for an online troll who mocked him for his disappointing football career.

Drafted second overall in the 1998 NFL Draft, Leaf is regarded as the quintessential draft “bust” after lasting just a few seasons in the league. He finished with a 4-17 record, completing only 48.4% of his passes with 14 touchdowns and 36 interceptions.

Naturally, such a historically bad career for someone drafted that high makes him an easy target for some on social media.

On Wednesday, Leaf fired back by hurling some serious insults at one user.

It began when Leaf responded to another user asking if the QB ever took “receipts” during his playing days. The term has become slang for the act of making note of trash talk to use against someone in the future.

Despite not being tagged in the tweet, Leaf responded and said he didn’t. Then, a user known as “Soap” jumped in and asked why Leaf searched his name to find the original tweet.

“Baby is taking her 11 a.m. nap,” Leaf said. “I finished my work, and it’s draft time, so I know a bunch of dumb fucks are talking shit and I’m the righteous hand of Busts to lay a reckoning down upon thee, until my baby girl wakes up, which she just may have. Have a great one Soapster!”

Soap then responded by asking if his daughter knows he was a bust. In response, Leaf brought up his troubled history with substance abuse to explain how his playing days are the least of his concern.

“She’s 14 weeks, she’ll find out,” Leaf said. “There are assholes like you everywhere eager to shout it from the basements. I think the being a drug addict and 7 time convicted felon may be the harder conversation, but we trudge on!”

—

Tags: