Being an old timer (fan since 1975), I've seen a lot. Every QB we drafted, I always had high hopes for. From Grogan, to Matt Cavanaugh to Tony Eason, even hoped Tommy Hodson would be a good one. Amazing to think, we haven't had to worry about the QB position since 1993 (ok 2008, but we knew Brady would come back). So basically 27 years of Bledsoe and Brady, amazing stability. So this situation brings me back to the Tony Eason era. Thought Eason was gonna be a good one, had a good year in 1984, so-so after that. Hopefully Stidham is way better than Eason.
We've been incredibly blessed as Pat's fans. Since the Bledsoe era began in 1993, our team has been to 10 SBs, winning 6 of them. I look back at the 49ers, they won 5 SBs in 14 years with Montana/Young, and have only been back twice since 1994. Hopefully we do better than that. I think next offseason is going to be huge towards finding out if the Pats will continue their Dynasty ways. Hopefully Belichick uses the huge cap space wisely.
This may be a down year, but Belichick is the greatest coach of all time, he may surprise us all.