condon84

Drew Bledsoe would have had a running game. We would have been a perennial playoff team, but would have gotten stuck with Pete Carroll because their wouldn't have been a reason to fire him because we would win enough. We don't fire Pete, we don't get Belichick at the time we got him so no way we end up drafting Brady. Bledsoe would have ended his career with New England, no SB wins, a bunch of heartache in the playoffs, and a lot of what ifs...

letekro

Robert Edwards was a nice player, but....Corey Dillon was an absolute beast from day 1 and would be a surefire hall of famer if he hadn't had the misfortune of being drafted by Cincy. Can't compare the two.

HEY BRO! WHAT UP?

Roberts Edwards and Corey Dillon isn't a very good comparison. In fact, Corey Dillon was a punishing back that had some good speed and quickness for his size early in his career. Edwards didn't show a lot of power in his first and only season as a Patriot. Also, Edwards wasn't the flashiest runner but had decent speed. But he did show a lot of promise.

However, had Edwards not injured his knee, the Pats would have easily made the playoffs in '99 and made some noise. With that said, maybe BB would have been the coach of the Jets in 2000? Maybe Brady would have ended up being a Jet?

efin98

'99 would have needed two more wins to make it into the playoffs...even with Edwards I don't see them doing that.

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Schmo

Kinda saw this coming.

I was wondering what kind of runner he would have been like... not how miserable the Pats would be now if he hadn't gotten injured (kind of an awful thing to talk about).

realtime

+1 . . . . . . . .

BradyFTW!

I wouldn't change anything that happened during the 90s, just in case it ended up making the 2000s unfold any differently.

A more poignant "what if", IMO, would be if Bruschi hadn't had a stroke and/or if Branch hadn't whined his way out of new england.

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PittPatriot

We've have plenty of solid, one-hit wonder backs in NE.
I don't have much evidence to lead me to believe Edwards is better in the long run than John Stephens and maybe even Leonard Russel.