Drew Bledsoe

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Drew Bledsoe

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Hall of Very Good?
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I remember a description of Bledsoe. "Very good, excellent at times, but never great." He was probably the 2nd best QB in the AFC in the 2nd half of the 1990's, behind only Elway. Four Pro Bowls, though he really only deserved three. (1994, he led the league in interceptions. I think he was an injury replacement)
I'm still baffled at his decline. If you could go back in time to as late as mid-1999 and tell football people that "In 2018, it's generally accepted that the greatest QB ever was New England's...." then they would naturally assume that it was Drew Bledsoe, that he has taken his game a step higher as he gained several years experience, without losing anything off his rocket arm.
Instead, starting in the 2nd half of 1999, his career faltered. He continued to make baffling mistakes and throws, and he began to hold the ball too long and take sacks. He was never an elite player again, save for the first half of 2002 with Buffalo.
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No, not even HoVG. He doesn’t rank well via either Chase Stuart’s approach (141st) or Kiran Rasaretnam’s (best 4/7/10 seasons of 81/61/37). Several QBs such as Joe Theismann, Boomer Esiason, Dave Krieg, Craig Morton, Donovan McNabb, and Phil Simms scored better in both systems.
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74_75_78_79_ wrote:Hall of Very Good?
borderline, no
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I’d say no as well. But the way he began his career...(starting with that ’94 performance vs Minn albeit in defeat). He had amazing reviews on his throwing technique at the combine. Yes, as the remainder of his time with Pete Carroll wound down 2nd-half of ’99, so did his very time as an ‘elite’ QB for the rest of the way.
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That performance vs Minnesota was actually a win. The Patriots were down 20-0 at the half and won in OT 26-20. Bledsoe set records with 45 completions in 70 attempts, though he threw for "only" 426 yards. That kind of sums up his career. He was a volume thrower, not an efficient one.
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conace21 wrote:That performance vs Minnesota was actually a won. The Patriots were down 20-0 at the half and won in OT 26-20. Bledsoe set records with 45 completions in 70 attempts, though he threw for "only" 426 yards. That kind of sums up his career. He was a volume thrower, not an efficient one.
My mistake. I thought for sure that was a loss (comeback in vain) in hindsight.
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bachslunch wrote:No, not even HoVG. He doesn’t rank well via either Chase Stuart’s approach (141st) or Kiran Rasaretnam’s (best 4/7/10 seasons of 81/61/37). Several QBs such as Joe Theismann, Boomer Esiason, Dave Krieg, Craig Morton, Donovan McNabb, and Phil Simms scored better in both systems.
If you go strictly by numbers, Bledsoe has better career numbers than McNabb, Krieg, and Morton. BUT I agree Theisman, Esiason, and Simms are ahead of Drew Bledsoe.
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sluggermatt15 wrote:Theisman
Is a good HOVG name that should eventually get in
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