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Old 02-07-2002, 12:33 PM   #4
eelman
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Haven't posted much but, thought I would weigh in on this one!

First off, I am a pats fan and a bledsoe fan.Im glad the pats won! Thrilled! but, In my opinion bledsoe got railroaded bigtime.You should never lose your spot because of injury.Remember how he got hurt,Running for a first down against the jets and showing incredible guts and toughness while doing it.

Bledsoe is a quarterback who over the years, has never had the protection from a decent offensive line,and, he still made great things happen! Remember those incredible drives against the dolphins? where he drove the team 99 yards in the last minute of the game to get the pats in the playoffs! Remember the drive in the last minutes of the buffalo game at foxborugh,same thing 90 yards capped off with a TD in the endzone to ben coates! He got the pats to mnthe superbowl in 96,didnt he? Yes, they came up short but, you cant put that all on bledsoe,The tuna was selling out the team bigtime and the defense could not do anything to the packers offense. I dont blame him for not showing up at that rally in boston one bit! Saltheart is right, they should have gave the guy at least one series? I mean here is a guy who was the franchise quarterback! The most prolific passer in pats history! The guy who never missed a game! The guy who wasnt afraid to take a bigtime hit! I could go on and on.

Brady on the other hand was put into a cozy scheme that very rarley saw him pass the ball further than 15yds.If you ask me,It was on the back of antwain smith, the pats 1200 yd, rusher that got us threw the season! I dont want to see brady fail but, come on,The guy is no where in the same ballpark as bledsoe! We will all see next year what brady is made off.If we lose a 1200 yd rusher I think things will be different.


As for the last drive in the superbowl, It is overstated.He started that drive on the 20yd line and only drove the team 35yds,remember Adams FG WAS 48yds. Troy brown made things happen, and jr redmond made the first run, not brady.


Bottom line Im happy we one! I love it, but I cant beleive bledsoe who has done the things he has done over the years is being put on the auction block because of an injury running for a first down. Brady is yet to be proven.Im going to miss drew, he got the shaft!

Last edited by eelman; 02-07-2002 at 12:40 PM..
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