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i dont get the negativity towards bledsoe in this thread. they dont get that first superbowl without him in the afc championship game in 01. i seem to remember a nice td pass to david patton in that game.
i think if bledsoe had entered the league TEN years earlier he might have had a hof career. in the early eighties the defenses were a lot simpler.
He did throw for tons of yards but when the good teams took away the deep ball he was deader than Daffy Duck in an Elmer Fudd shooting gallery. He never, and I will say it again,he never put any effort into learning touch in the short passing game. He literally could not throw a dump off pass to save his life..
Bledsoe is a major reason they aren't the St. Louis Patriots, I got nothing but love for the man.
Me too.
But do you want him coaching the Patriots?
I also seem to remember a pass drilled right into a LB's numbers that was thankfully dropped and a cover-your-eyes-awful throw-the-ball-backwards-over-his-head-while-about-to-be-sacked throw.
That was the exact same thought I had when he got hit. That and the Gronk hit had me worried for a couple of seconds....Bledsoe brought football excitement back to New England and when Tom went for 17 on 3rd and 11 and took the hit on the sideline it was a flashback and a hold your breathe moment I didn't need!
He never, and I will say it again,he never put any effort into learning touch in the short passing game. He literally could not throw a dump off pass to save his life.
i get it just fine. i just dont agree. i think most people are basing there opinion on bledsoe the player judging by the negativity in the thread and thats a mistake. there are coaches in the league with zero nfl playing exp. magic johnson was a great hof player and a awful coach and thats just one example. i think he would be a good coach and worth having around.He was great.
He also was fundamentally unsound, did not accept coaching at the NFL level and relied on his great talent.
He's a quiet guy who liked to "lead by example".
Ergo, great guy, great player, not really coaching material.
THAT is the original subject the OP brought up in this thread. I don't think you got that.
what you laid out would have been a perfect-scenario for bledsoe, he could have had a hof career under those circumstances.Totally agree. If he'd been with, say, the Raiders in the 1970s or early 80s when you could load up on OLmen, keep them forever (no cap or meaningful free agency) and get some outside burners, he totally would have been in the HOF.
Actually it reminded me more of the Bledsoe run against Pittsburgh and got kind of pumped up.Bledsoe brought football excitement back to New England and when Tom went for 17 on 3rd and 11 and took the hit on the sideline it was a flashback and a hold your breathe moment I didn't need!