Drew was a very good, not great QB who was replaced at 2 stops, once by the GOAT in TB and at the end of his career by a pro bowl level QB in Romo. The Bills were a bad organization with no talent. Everyone forgets that Drew put up some great numbers with the Bills at first then the organizational incompetence took over.
The GOAT was at the time a second year 6th round QB with 1 passing attempt to his credit in the regular season. And Romo was the great unknown UDFA Parcell's didn't have any use for and was desperate not to hang his job on. Drew was motivated for the first time in his life to prove BB made a mistake. That motivation carried him through half a season.
Drew was never entitled. If he was Parcells would have never taken him to Dallas and he wouldn't be one of Kraft's favorite Patriots. He handled the transition to TB with undeniable professionalism.
Drew was entitled. Parcell's believed he had finally matured to the point he wouldn't be. He was wrong. And behind the scenes Drew was a petulant force that fortunately Brady was wired to handle and Belichick was wired to ignore and a blue collar team was determined to follow the leaders and not the disgruntled pouter.
As for insubordination, it is a fine line between having a backbone, something good in a QB, and being insubordinate. We don't know what transpired behind closed doors but Drew was never publicly critical of BB or the Pats while he was with the Pats.
The insubordination surfaced at Buffalo and in Dallas.
Did he make mistakes? Yes. Was he slow of foot? Yes,t hat doesn't mean he wasn't a good QB. He just wasn't TB. Was DB what BB wanted in a QB? No, but Favre wouldn't be either, that doesn't mean Favre wasn't a great QB in his prime.
If you're looking for sandlot gunslingers, maybe. That doesn't fly in today's NFL. Especially if your goal is to win championships.
As for the TD/Int ratio and the passing stats. With today's passing rules DB would have probably had over 50k passing yards and a lot more TD's.
More empty yards and at least as many more INT's as TD's because they were generally related not to bad throws but bad decisions.
Drew Bledsoe will always be compared to TB and that isn't fair to Drew. He was a good QB who had some great years but he wasn't TB
Fine, but he also was never going to be a fit in this offense and struggled to find one he could still fit and apparently unlike some of his die hard fans finally saw the writing on the wall. Drew loved to play the game...on his terms. Like Favre, he was never a student of the game and in today's NFL that's the kiss of death. Being tall and/or having a laser rocket arm doesn't get you much these days unless you can read complicated defenses and process information at warp speed and make consistently good decisions and accurate throws from the pocket.
For his career Pro Football Reference list the following players as having similar careers:
Drew Bledsoe NFL Football Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com
Terry Bradshaw*, Len Dawson*, Bob Griese*, Roman Gabriel, Jim Kelly*, Phil Simms, John Hadl, Mark Brunell, Steve McNair, Ken Stabler
The star indicates HoF. Not bad company. I am not claiming the DB is a HoFer but he was a better player than he is generally given credit for.