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We Patriot fans now tend to dismiss him because of Brady and all the playoff seasons and Super Bowls but I think we all owe him a debt of gratitude.

Three men, imo, saved the Patriots franchise. It's easy to forget that New England was the laughing stock of the league and we were on the verge of losing the franchise. I credit Bob Kraft, Bill Parcells and Drew Bledsoe for restoring credibility and saving the franchise.

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yea, bledsoe was a very good player back in the day...imagine if mo lewis (??) didn't knock him out of that game, forcing brady into action...things might have turned out very different...

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Thanks, Drew! Great Career!

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they will be erecting a statue for him outside Gillette Stadium soon enough.

Drew says until that happens he will fill in as the statue until the stone version arrives.

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I'm going to disagree with your assessment, Toro. Bledsoe had tremendous talent, no doubt, but he lacked talent from the neck up. I remember wishing the Pats would swing a deal to trade Bledsoe for the Peyton Manning pick.

A gifted athlete with not a thought in his head.

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I'm going to disagree with your assessment, Toro. Bledsoe had tremendous talent, no doubt, but he lacked talent from the neck up. I remember wishing the Pats would swing a deal to trade Bledsoe for the Peyton Manning pick.

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if anything, i think it would be the other way around...he was not mobile at all and would just take a sick amount of pressure/hits...was his decision making skills really that bad????

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Well yes, by then, Bledsoe had already restored the Patriots back to credibilty and had taken them as far as he was able.

And get over to OOT, they want you to comment on Kurt Vonnegut's death, whoever the [censored] that is.

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I heard that Bledsoe actually made this decision in 2005, but it took him a while to release it.

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He's the guy from "Back to School."

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I heard that Bledsoe actually made this decision in 2005, but it took him a while to release it.

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All of these Bledsoe jokes, standing like a statue, slow release, I actually agree with. After Brady took over for him and he was ready to play there was a pretty hot Brady/Bledsoe debate going on in Patriots Nation and I was most definitely in the Brady camp.

But having said all that, he and the others mentioned restored the Patriots back to respectibilty and for that and the fact that the guy was and is a class act, I am grateful.

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One of my favorite athletes ever, any sport.

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He got me interested in football (Pats fan).

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lol nh

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awesome

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Prior to Bledsoe arriving in 1993, the Patriots were a combined 9-39 for the preceding 3 seasons. His rookie year they got off to a slow start but finished strong.

His second year, with a pretty weak roster his arm and Parcell's coaching got them in the playoffs, two years later they got to but lost in the Super Bowl.

For success starved Pats fans, this was pretty damn good.

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^^as a jets fan, i can definitely relate, the frachise was miserable (i think it was 6,3,1 win seasons over 3 years), but parcells came in and brought martin with him...

hard to put into words how happy i was when the team started winning again...

props to bledsoe, he was a bit slow in the pocket, but bad luck also hurt him a lot...very good player anyway...

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I've always loved Bledsoe. Even when he did stupid things and choked at the end of games, you couldn't help but to like the guy.

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This is very interesting. I had no idea he had such a following.

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hahahahaha

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This is very interesting. I had no idea he had such a following.

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To quote Chris Rock, he's like Pat Riley. He may not get us to the mountaintop, but he'll get us to the playoffs.

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To quote Chris Rock, he's like Pat Riley. He may not get us to the mountaintop, but he'll get us to the playoffs.

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To quote Chris Rock, he's like Pat Riley. He may not get us to the mountaintop, but he'll get us to the playoffs.

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I'm just quoting Chris Rock, dude, I have no idea. It just seemed appropriate.

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I am a Jets fan, so I say damn you Mo Lewis.

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Lol at the anti-Bledsoe sentiment. Isn't he in the top 10-15 in many statistical categories for QB's?

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I'm going to make my official statement on StraightCashHomey.net some time today. Basically, I've outgrown the game.



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we were on the verge of losing the franchise.

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Lol at the anti-Bledsoe sentiment. Isn't he in the top 10-15 in many statistical categories for QB's?

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Really? Like what? Not hating, just surprised. I can't imagine how he could be. He's just played on such bad teams and never seemed consistent.

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Really? Like what? Not hating, just surprised. I can't imagine how he could be. He's just played on such bad teams and never seemed consistent.

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Yes, his stats are that good. Not remotely close to HoF though for anyone that watched him play on a regular basis.

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Granted without the Lewis hit, there would be no Brady, but EVERYONE forgets Drew stepping up in the AFC Championship in Pittsburgh when Brady went down on their way to the first Super Bowl win. This, after not playing for 14 weeks.

Solid career, he's Bernie Kosar with a ring. No HOF though.

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Granted without the Lewis hit, there would be no Brady,

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that's actually not true. BB was getting close to making the change before the Lewis hit

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guy was sick good when he was in his prime....anybody remember when he paid for a full page ad in the globe/herald thanking the fans for his years here after he left for buffalo?

he also handled the whole brady thing really well also. much love to my nukka from the NW.

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Really? Like what? Not hating, just surprised. I can't imagine how he could be. He's just played on such bad teams and never seemed consistent.

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hes like top 10 in a lot of 'all time' categorys. anyways from WIKI

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He currently ranks fifth all-time in career attempts and completions, and is seventh all-time in career passing yardage. He is tied with John Hadl and Peyton Manning for 13th all-time in career touchdown passes. Among active quarterbacks, he stands second behind only Brett Favre in career completions, attempts and passing yards. He and Manning are tied for second behind Favre in career touchdowns. In 2000, he became just the fourth quarterback in league history to have seven consecutive 3,000-yard passing seasons. In 2005, he recorded his ninth career 3,000-yard passing season, tying him with Warren Moon for fourth in NFL history. In 2005 he also became just the 10th player in NFL history to reach the 40,000 passing yard plateau, reaching the mark in his 172nd career game, the fifth fastest player to reach that milestone. Bledsoe holds the NFL record for pass attempts in a season with 691 in 1994 and also has the third best mark with 636 in 1995, those marks coming during a three-year span (1994-96) that he led the league in pass attempts. He also holds the league record for pass attempts (70) and completions (45) in a game, setting the mark against Minnesota on Nov. 13, 1994. In that game, he also threw no interceptions, setting a league mark for pass attempts in a game without an interception. His 400 completions in 1994 are the third best total in league history, and he is also tied for fourth in NFL history with six 400-yard passing games. In 1993-94 he had a string of four-straight 300-yard passing games, the sixth longest streak in league history. In his career, Bledsoe has four overtime touchdown passes, the most in NFL history.

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Solid career, he's Bernie Kosar with a ring. No HOF though.

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Agree on no HOF, but he was a cut above Bernie Kosar.

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Thanks for the stats. Very interesting. I wasn't a Pats fan when I was young so I guess I just missed his prime. And wow, that's very classy.

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No they don't.

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