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The problem with this idea is that Drew would fall asleep in team meetings and nothing would get done.

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pwes

Hmmm for some reason I read this as Drew Brees and thought it was going to be a joke thread. Sadly disappointed it did not turn out that way.

Rob0729

First, Drew is happy living in Montana away from the NFL. He would not be interested in coming back.

Second, I seriously doubt that Brady is the QB he is today because of the mentoring by Bledsoe in 2001. Brady would have been Brady with or without Bledsoe. Bledsoe probably only helped him in the short term in terms of his mentoring.

Third, word was the relationship between Brady and Bledsoe got contentious over the course of the season. Bledsoe was reportedly less supportive as the season went along and he realized that he might not get his job back.

AndyJohnson

I don't think a player with A level physical skills who was held back by a D level understanding of playing the position makes a good coach.
He did not mentor Tom Brady. He just happened to be here at the same time. Brady immediately went out and played the position the way it was coached, not the way Bledsoe played it. Bledsoe would have been a better QB if he let Brady mentor him.
Not quite sure how you want to give Bledsoe credit for Romo.
The coaching of Mallett should focus on making him less like Bledsoe, because in this system playing like Bledsoe would not be good for your career.

MoLewisrocks

Drew never mentored Brady. Belichick and Charlie did. Drew was supportive of Brady to a point. Tom is a hard guy not to like personally as a teamate. Brady did as much to salvage/maintain that relationship as Drew ever did. It was a sign of his early maturity.

Drew never mentored Romo, nor would he back him up...

People have this unrealistic view of the relationship between starting QB's and the guys who back them up and dream of replacing them. Brady is supportive of the other guys in his unit...to a point. He answers questions and allows them to learn by osmosis - but it's on them to observe and on them and the position coach to develop. Brady doesn't have them all over for film breakdowns on Tuesdays. He's too busy and focused on doing his own job to the best of his ability. He may workout with them some in the offseason (did with Cassel and has with Hoyer because they are friends off the field and spend their offseasons in California). They are also all now married guys with young families so they have more in common with each other than they do with Mallett. Was the same deal with Brady and Bledsoe when he first arrived. Bledsoe's buddy was Huard. Tom wasn't even on Drew's radar until he outperformed him in TC in 2001. And at that point the last thing on Drew's mind was likely mentoring him. Only real piece of advice we ever heard him impart was go out there and just sling it. Luckily he listened to his coaches and was careful with the ball instead.

Snake Eyes

Just because a player was never great doesnt mean they cannot be a great coach, look at the best coaches in the game, how many of them were great players?

One needs to be able to understand what's going on and what should go on, and be able to impart that understanding to someone else, the QB whisperer was never a great, or even good QB but he was able to be a great coach, has Bledsoe ever demonstrated he can do that?

I think many of Mallett's issues would have been fixed if he sought out someone like the QB whisperer to aid with his mechanics. That said, McDaniels has shown a talent for developing QBs, I'm comfortable with him.

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1960Pats

I was not a big fan of Bledsoe's QB abilities, but if he didn't handle his demotion with the class that he did, he could have split the 2001 locker room in half and destroyed the Pats chances. If it's true that he grew less supportive as the season went along, then I'm even more impressed that he kept quiet about it.

MoLewisrocks

Drew may not have publicly shown his destructive potential, although I do recall a few pressers where he was less than selfless, but privately he was far from accommodating. And he was using his old and well established back channel methods of voicing his displeasure via his media toadies. Cafardo in particular was his point man. Borges was on board as well (since they now had a common enemy).

What you should be most impressed with was the way a 23 year old kid handled the entire situation.

patman52

Bledsoe is one of the nicest people that have played for the pats. He is a great family man and is great in the community. I also think he handled the demotion a lot better than many would have expected.

However this is a guy whose family life was more important than football as a player. Coaches put in much more time than players do. You want a role model for Mallet as a person, none better than Bledsoe. But you want a QB coach- get a pro qb coach.