Talk:Drew Bledsoe

Bledsoe > Brady compared to Manning > Osweiler

 * http://gazette.com/article/1564203 - Ramsey blog: Injury opened door for Patriots' Tom Brady, too

Bledsoe Bowls?
I don't know what the original author meant by a Bleedsoe Bowl, so I can't edit that part. Otherwise I think this article is doing ok now. Jekoko 19:22, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

It means that, since Bledsoe played for both teams, there was a little bit of an extra rivalry, just like the "Tuna Bowls" (referring to Bill Parcells) in the late '90's, between the Patriots and Parcelld' Jets.User:WinOne4TheGipper

Copyright for this photo?
This latest addition is very nice, however, I would like to be sure that the photo used is copyright-free. How can we check on that? I'm putting a tag on this until we are sure. Jekoko 21:08, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

Mention of Brady
While 66.67.253.51 has a point that this sentence praises Brady, it is necessary to the text in order to lead the reader to the understanding that the team made it to the Super Bowl that year but without Bledsoe's help for virtually the entire season. I am reverting the text. Jekoko 20:44, 25 November 2005 (UTC)

New Picture
Shouldn't we get a picture of Bledsoe in regular uniform rather than in throwback uniform? Zorgon 03:21, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Okay, why do we have a picture of him in a Buffalo Bills uniform now? That's even worse. Zorgon 01:37, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Bledsoe Bowls Revisited
It has been a while since Bledsoe played for the Bills and these 6 games do not seem to hold significance any longer. I am going to remove the secion and results from the article. --After Midnight 0001 23:40, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

one of the NFL's oldest quarterbacks
"At 34, Bledsoe is becoming one of the NFL's oldest quarterbacks"

I revomoved this statement one of the NFL's oldest quarterbacks is too open ended at what point do you stop age 36, 35, 34, 33, etc also there is this from nfl.com
 * "Vinny Testaverde of the Jets became one of the five oldest quarterbacks to start a game in the NFL since 1966 -- Steve DeBerg (ATL), Warren Moon (KC), Doug Flutie (SD) and Earl Morrall (MIA) are the others. But George Blanda threw a touchdown pass at the age of 47 in 1974 and completed a pass at the age of 48 in 1975" ▪◦▪ =Sirex   98=   02:27, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Best Season?
Is 1994 really Bledsoe's best season? Does this section really have any significance, I'm sure Bledsoe has had better seasons but no other NFL Athlete has a section like this.Demon Shaman 20:39, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Not only that, but it says that both 93 and 97 were arguably his best seasons. how about 98 99 00 01? who wrote this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.37.104 (talk) 00:21, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

What if...
Why is this section even in the article? This isn't a forum to speculate on how things would turned out if some event had or hadn't happened. It's a weasel statement: "Historians theorize..." Keep this stuff out of Wikipeida.

Bledsoe was *not* benched because of "injuries"
From the article: Recently, Drew was the starting quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys until he was replaced by Tony Romo in Week 8 of the 2006 season because of some injuries.

That's hilarious. Parcells ran out of patience with Bledsoe's poor decision-making. I'm going to change that line once I find an article to reference. 160.39.214.116 20:19, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Article cleanup: What we need to do
This article was fairly light before, but today's edit by User:Imexpertandurnot has added quite a bit of information. Unfortunately, the tone of the new section is totally inappropriate. This article is going to need some work that I don't have time to give it right now. Here's what I see needing done:


 * 1) Rewording of article with an emphasis on neutral point-of-view and encyclopedic tone.
 * 2) Breakup of monolithic "Best season" section into three different sections covering his time with the Pats, Bills, and Cowboys.
 * 3) References and footnotes.

Anybody who wants to help out, please make notes under this heading as you go, and feel free to add objectives to the above list as you see fit. Let's whip this article into shape soon. A Train take the 22:03, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

what the hell happened?
this article keeps getting shorter and shorter, this guy was a number 1 draft pick, holds many records, led a team to a super bowl, has been around for well over a decade, and he has one paragraph? People just keep deleting more and more stuff, all his stats are gone now, no mention of his career before the cowboys. Just one paragraph.

New Format
I cleaned it up and seperated bledsoe's career into his seperate teams, added college info, and career stats year-by-year. Also added my photo of Mo Lewis' collision with Bledsoe. I can't think of a more significant hit in NFL history. Michigan10 02:26, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Trouble adding references
If I add a reference, some or all of the document below it disapears. Any ideas?

I'll add my references here until it is fixed:

http://washingtonstate.scout.com/2/52790.html

http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/players/playerpage/1041 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Michigan10 (talk • contribs) 04:46, 16 March 2007 (UTC).

the lead
The lead paragraph needs to be cleaned up. It was messed up in due to some reference problem and anonymous user back in February. MahangaTalk to me 21:23, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

For now I put the bulk of it in a seperate category: "accomplishments", rather than lead off with it. Michigan10 04:38, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Nice work! MahangaTalk to me 18:40, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Mo Lewis pic removed
This looks awful!



WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot (talk) 18:51, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Drew Bledsoe & Super Bowl XXXVI
I am pretty sure that Drew Bledsoe went onto the field and threw down a few passes as the TB rested on the side. Never the less, he still has the Super Bowl ring from that game, shouldn't it be added on as "Career Highlights and Awards"? TheAsianGURU (talk) 00:43, 23 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Brady took every snap in Super Bowl XXXVI. You may be thinking of the AFC Championship Game, where Bledsoe made his only appearance in a game for the Patriots after his return. Fumblebruschi (talk) 20:55, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

Revisiting this topic. Bledsoe's info box lists him as appearing in Super Bowls 31 and 36. The Pats lost 31, but won 36. Just by being on the roster, is Bledsoe a Super Bowl champion? Or no because he did not play during the game? Byron Leftwich is listed as a Super Bowl champion, when he was backup to Ben Roethlisberger in SB 43. Same with Jim Sorgi for SB 41. So why not Bledsoe as a champion in SB 36? I think we should do this. Any comments? --MikeUMA (talk) 16:56, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Yea, he should be. Damon Huard, is listed as a two-time Champion despite being the back up in 36 and 38.  Hot Stop talk-contribs 19:08, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, just changed it. --MikeUMA (talk) 03:57, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Patriots 2008-09?
Drew's rifle arm and Moss' hands are an interesting combination. Bostoneire (talk) 13:47, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

I once sat next to Drew on a plane
What a handsome man. And very friendly too. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.150.6.66 (talk) 23:31, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

UPGRADE
The page had to little information of a great Quarterback so I tried to give a little upgrade.I added some more stats information and wrote some more things.It would be nice if people could add some pictures. Hope you like it. Lucasfritas (talk) 11:51, 24 May 2010 (UTC)


 * I removed the majority of your edits. Please read WP:NPOV for more details as to why. RF23 (talk) 21:35, 17 May 2010 (UTC)


 * It's okay. I just changed the awards part and it's know chronologically correct. Lucasfritas (talk) 11:52, 24 May 2010 (UTC)

New Picture
So, I found a photo of Bledsoe that my cousin took in 2001 and I uploaded it as the main photo.I put the old one(Him as a Cowboy) in the Cowboys part of the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucasfritas (talk • contribs) 23:00, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Accomplishments neutrality problems
Drew's Accomplishments section has multiple neutrality problems. The bullet points in the section are perfectly factual, but the paragraphs below, and the sub-section of "The Run For The (Hall)" is quite biased. All of this content should be re-written. --MikeUMA (talk) 20:02, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Deleted bullet point saying Drew was the ONLY QB in NFL history to throw 600+ attempts 4 times. Drew Brees has thrown 600+ attempts 7 times. Tom Brady, 4 times. 2014-02-03 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.172.24.1 (talk) 21:23, 3 February 2015 (UTC)

Edit request on 23 January 2012
At the end of the "Personal Life" section, someone put that "he kissed and proposed to Robert Kraft", which is not true at all. This isnt a true statement, and should be removed

97.103.118.44 (talk) 00:04, 23 January 2012 (UTC)
 * ✅ Fixed by User:Fluffernutter. Dru of Id (talk) 00:59, 23 January 2012 (UTC)