Drew Bledsoe Done in Dallas; Is Retirement Next?
Posted Jan 13th 2007 6:08AM
by Michael David Smith
from cowboys.aolsportsblog.com:
Filed under: Bills, Cowboys, Patriots
Drew Bledsoe won't be back in Dallas next year. That's been pretty obvious since Bill Parcells benched Bledsoe for Tony Romo, and it was confirmed by Jerry Jones, who said, "it's probably not realistic to think that we could work something out here." Bledsoe is due a $1 million roster bonus in March, and the Cowboys will release him before they have to pay that.
So where does that leave things? Jones said he would be surprised if Bledsoe retired, but that seems like the most likely option. Bledsoe has long said he has no desire to be a backup, and it's hard to see which team would want him as a starter. Of the 32 NFL teams, the only realistic option I can envision is if some coach is hired in Oakland who likes Bledsoe and wants to bring him in, and even then only if the Raiders decide not to take a quarterback with this year's first overall draft pick. Would Bledsoe really want to go into that mess?
That means it's probably the end for Bledsoe. He had a good career in New England -- it would be remembered more fondly if he hadn't been replaced by Tom Brady -- and a respectable career in Buffalo. Although he has become fairly unpopular in recent years (someone vandalized his Wikipedia entry with stats like "10 interceptions in one Super Bowl"), the Patriots got a valuable return on their investment of the first pick in the 1993 draft. If we've seen the last of Drew Bledsoe, we should remember him as a quarterback who fell short of greatness, but who had a career fans should respect.
by Michael David Smith
from cowboys.aolsportsblog.com:
Filed under: Bills, Cowboys, Patriots
Drew Bledsoe won't be back in Dallas next year. That's been pretty obvious since Bill Parcells benched Bledsoe for Tony Romo, and it was confirmed by Jerry Jones, who said, "it's probably not realistic to think that we could work something out here." Bledsoe is due a $1 million roster bonus in March, and the Cowboys will release him before they have to pay that.
So where does that leave things? Jones said he would be surprised if Bledsoe retired, but that seems like the most likely option. Bledsoe has long said he has no desire to be a backup, and it's hard to see which team would want him as a starter. Of the 32 NFL teams, the only realistic option I can envision is if some coach is hired in Oakland who likes Bledsoe and wants to bring him in, and even then only if the Raiders decide not to take a quarterback with this year's first overall draft pick. Would Bledsoe really want to go into that mess?
That means it's probably the end for Bledsoe. He had a good career in New England -- it would be remembered more fondly if he hadn't been replaced by Tom Brady -- and a respectable career in Buffalo. Although he has become fairly unpopular in recent years (someone vandalized his Wikipedia entry with stats like "10 interceptions in one Super Bowl"), the Patriots got a valuable return on their investment of the first pick in the 1993 draft. If we've seen the last of Drew Bledsoe, we should remember him as a quarterback who fell short of greatness, but who had a career fans should respect.
posted by The Gryphon at 8:20 AM
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