TheGodInAGreyHoodie
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.We should not thank Mo Lewis for almost killing Drew Bledsoe. Did you know Drew almost died in the hospital?
Belichick dumped Bernie Kosar, he would've done the same thing with Bledsoe...
I completely agree. If it didn't happen in 2001 then it surely would have happened in 2002.Belichick dumped Bernie Kosar, he would've done the same thing with Bledsoe...
Yup, but he still did it.Remember how he was lambasted in the media for not sitting Brady once Drew was back healthy?
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I do agree with everything else you said, but I'll have to say third best, after Brady and Grogan. Of course it's hard to compare eras, but Grogan played for 15 years and also took us to a Super Bowl. Counter argument, though, is the Bledsoe actually helped us win a Super Bowl by coming in for Brady in the Pittsburgh game and scoring a TD.Thank you Drew Bledsoe for being the second best quarterback this team's ever had and for taking the team to a Super Bowl, and helping it get to a second Super Bowl as a backup.
He wanted to but the owner had a big mancrush on Drew having just given him a neaarly 8 figure contract. BB was 5-11 his 1st year and hated by the Boston press. Going 0-2 to start the season with Drew he did not have the cred to make the change he wanted to make. Remember how he was lambasted in the media for not sitting Brady once Drew was back healthy?
Yes, I think it would have been very difficult for BB to replace Bledsoe with Brady in 2001 if the injury opening didn't present itself. We would have continued to hear excuses about how our offensive line was just not good enough to protect Bledsoe. Brady may have gotten his chance in 2002 or 2003 but I don't know if BB would have survived until 2003. So we did get lucky, IMO!
Thanks for almost killing one of the best players ever to don a Patriots uniform? No thanks, I'll pass.
Thank you Drew Bledsoe for being the second best quarterback this team's ever had and for taking the team to a Super Bowl, and helping it get to a second Super Bowl as a backup.
Thank you Tom Brady for having the right combination of physical and mental acuity mixed with desire and leadership to become perhaps the greatest quarterback in the history of the NFL once you got your chance to start.
Now that I can sign on to.
Thanks for almost killing one of the best players ever to don a Patriots uniform? No thanks, I'll pass.
Thank you Drew Bledsoe for being the second best quarterback this team's ever had
We should not thank Mo Lewis for almost killing Drew Bledsoe. Did you know Drew almost died in the hospital?
i don't think bledsoe was ever the same player after that injury. sure brady turned out better, but bledsoe wasn't that far behind before the injury. afterwards just seems mentally and physically he wasn't all there
He was not the same QB from the middle of 1999 forward. He was awful the second half of 1999, 2000 and the first two games of 2001. Belichick exposed him in the 1999 Jets Monday night day he was never the same after that, not the injury.