Pat's HOF: Drew Bledsoe memories - New England Patriots Forums

brdmaverick · 08-10-2011, 11:22 PM

Hi everyone,

First, my real question is about the Drew Bledsoe Hall of Fame induction ceremony. How does this work? Are tickets distributed for this? If so, where do you get them and for how much?

I figured it would be appropriate to have a thread to reminisce your favorite Drew Bledsoe moments (for the spirit of the thread please refrain from mentioning Mo Lewis' hit as your favorite moment).

Here are my top 5......

1.) Leading the comeback charge from 20-0 down against the Vikings in 93.

2.) Broken finger fourth quarter Monday night comeback against the Dolphins in 98 (or was it 99?). Two fourth down conversions, two long third down conversions, a broken finger in two spots, and who can forget not calling a timeout when Pete Carroll wanted one.

3.) One week after the Monday Night comeback, Bledsoe leads another game winning drive at the end of the fourth quarter against the Bills and Doug Flutie. This was aided by a fourth down completion to Shawn Jefferson that should have been ruled out of bounds. Also a pass interference call on a hail mary set up the game's winning score to Ben Coates with no time (literally no time) left on the clock.

4.) Bledsoe to Patten in the 2001 AFC Championship Game. It was a special moment to see the FRANCHISE player come back off the bench for one last hurrah.

5.) Bledsoe leading the Pats to a 23-22 come from behind victory in 97 at the NY GIants. Pats were trailing 22-0 before beginning the comeback rally.

PushnPencils · 08-10-2011, 11:29 PM

Remember when he would drop back, stand like a statue for 7 seconds, then get sacked? .....jk.

My favorite memory was their opening drive in their SB Year playoff game against the Steelers when he hit Terry Glenn on a long bomb over Rod Woodson.

signbabybrady · 08-10-2011, 11:39 PM

Drew to Ben Coats all day.

My favorite memory would have to be Drew to Patten.

khayos · 08-10-2011, 11:49 PM

In my house, the first half went like this:

"Wake up"
"Drew, wake up!"
"WAAKE UP DREEEEEW!"

NordicVoyager · 08-11-2011, 12:02 AM

One wonders what will be in a thread similar to this one a decade after Tom Brady leaves the Patriots. I still remain amazed that Drew was traded to Buffalo for a first round draft pick. Is that the way Tom too will leave New England?

***IcyPatriot*** · 08-11-2011, 12:06 AM

Remember when we were staging a comeback and he would
rifle a ball right into the arms of the DB who was blanketing our receiver. ...

upstater1 · 08-11-2011, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by NordicVoyager

One wonders what will be in a thread similar to this one a decade after Tom Brady leaves the Patriots. I still remain amazed that Drew was traded to Buffalo for a first round draft pick. Is that the way Tom too will leave New England?

Why be amazed at that?

Look at Bledsoe's post-Patriot numbers. They are pretty substantial. Look what Donovan McNabb, Kevin Kolb, and many others were traded for. Joey Galloway for 2 1sts etc.

It wasn't a good trade for the Bills but it certainly wasn't a horrid trade.

nnmnmmnn · 08-11-2011, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by brdmaverick

Hi everyone,

First, my real question is about the Drew Bledsoe Hall of Fame induction ceremony. How does this work? Are tickets distributed for this? If so, where do you get them and for how much?

I figured it would be appropriate to have a thread to reminisce your favorite Drew Bledsoe moments (for the spirit of the thread please refrain from mentioning Mo Lewis' hit as your favorite moment).

Here are my top 5......

1.) Leading the comeback charge from 20-0 down against the Vikings in 93.

2.) Broken finger fourth quarter Monday night comeback against the Dolphins in 98 (or was it 99?). Two fourth down conversions, two long third down conversions, a broken finger in two spots, and who can forget not calling a timeout when Pete Carroll wanted one.

3.) One week after the Monday Night comeback, Bledsoe leads another game winning drive at the end of the fourth quarter against the Bills and Doug Flutie. This was aided by a fourth down completion to Shawn Jefferson that should have been ruled out of bounds. Also a pass interference call on a hail mary set up the game's winning score to Ben Coates with no time (literally no time) left on the clock.

4.) Bledsoe to Patten in the 2001 AFC Championship Game. It was a special moment to see the FRANCHISE player come back off the bench for one last hurrah.

5.) Bledsoe leading the Pats to a 23-22 come from behind victory in 97 at the NY GIants. Pats were trailing 22-0 before beginning the comeback rally.

Great list. 2 and 3, the back to back game winning drives as time expired were really what made me a football fan. Before that, i wasn't very interested for whatever reason. I was stuck at home with a broken leg and those were the first two games I really watched closely. And every game since then.

So given that, 4 was great for me to see as well.

Thank you, Drew.

The Boston Patriot · 08-11-2011, 08:54 AM

A great arm, a not-so-great brain. I always felt that he truly would have been
one of the greatest if he had only worked at his profession. A nice guy as well.

RDS11 · 08-11-2011, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by The Boston Patriot

A great arm, a not-so-great brain. I always felt that he truly would have been
one of the greatest if he had only worked at his profession. A nice guy as well.

They guy is intelligent...I think he still has one of the highest Wonderlic results for a QB. But I think his internal clock (to get rid of the ball) was off after so many hits.

And I don't blame Drew for all the sacks : during the Parcells years, he wasn't sacked a lot despite throwing more than 600 times most years. I have not looked up, but I think he was sacked less than 30 times in 1994 despite throwing close to 700 times. After Parcells, constant changes at OC and an aging offensive line sure didn't help.

One of my favorite memories is the 1993 season finale against the Dolphins, the bomb to Timpson in OT for the winning TD. After years of watching terrible QBs take their turn behind center, it seemed that finally we were getting a good one.