{"id":450359,"date":"2026-02-05T10:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450359\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:50:11","slug":"ryan-leaf-reportedly-accosted-dr-david-chao-verbally-at-radio-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/450359\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Leaf reportedly accosted Dr. David Chao verbally at Radio Row"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Scouting Combine is still three weeks away, but #ConfrontationSeason<\/a> has already begun.<\/p>\n

From the folks at Kaplan & Crew, via Brandon Contes of AwfulAnnouncing.com, comes a report that former Chargers quarterback Ryan Leaf verbally accosted<\/a> former Chargers physician David Chao at Radio Row, the center of the NFL media universe in the days preceding Super Bowl LX.<\/p>\n

\u201cRyan Leaf has got a bone to pick with everybody,\u201d Scott Kaplan said. \u201cHe goes on Twitter and he just tries to rattle cages. He comes over and before you know it, he is in Dr. David Chao\u2019s face. In his face!\u201d<\/p>\n

Chao, as Kaplan describes it, was non-confrontational during the exchange. Chao invited Leaf to join him during Chao\u2019s imminent appearance on Ross Tucker\u2019s podcast, so that they could discuss the situation.<\/p>\n

\u201cRyan Leaf goes, \u2018Fuck you and fuck Ross Tucker,\u2019\u201d Kaplan said, adding that the situation became \u201cvery aggressive.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not making a big deal out of it,\u201d Chao said in a subsequent visit with Kaplan & Crew. \u201cI wish the best for Ryan. I\u2019m not sure why over the ten years here at Radio Row, I\u2019ve seen him dozens of times, this is the first time he\u2019s ever said anything to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chao explained that he doesn\u2019t plan to do anything about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cSnitches get stitches,\u201d Chao said. \u201cI am not gonna report Ryan to anyone. It didn\u2019t get physical, it was words. Was it inappropriate? You be the judge.\u201d<\/p>\n

As noted by Contes, Leaf once sued Chao, alleging negligence in Chao\u2019s treatment of Leaf\u2019s injuries during Chao\u2019s time with the Chargers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scouting Combine is still three weeks away, but #ConfrontationSeason has already begun. From the folks at Kaplan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-450359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}