If Ryan Leaf isn’t the biggest quarterback bust in NFL history, he’s certainly on the inglorious Mt. Rushmore of draft flops. The No. 2 overall pick in 1998 holds the belief that no matter who the Cleveland Browns choose with the No. 1 pick, it will be a terrible situation for that quarterback.

“I don’t want anybody to be a bust, I want them to be successful,” Leaf said knowingly on “The Herd” with Colin Cowherd. With the pleasantry out of the way, Leaf dug in.

“There is no evidence to show me that Cleveland is going to be successful. It’s a place where quarterbacks go to die.” He and Cowherd then proceeded to list off some prominent Browns busts, including Tim Couch and Brady Quinn.

Leaf’s advice to Darnold:

“If I were Sam Darnold and I have this leverage right now and I know I’m going to be the first pick in the NFL Draft, I’m going to my agent and saying, ‘figure out a way for me to not to go Cleveland. Eli Manning this for me.'”

Manning, of course, engineered his way out of cleaning up Leaf’s miserable mess in San Diego by forcing the Chargers to deal him to the New York Giants as the No. 1 pick. Leaf also referenced John Elway leveraging his way out of being an Indianapolis Colt as the No. 1 pick in 1983.