Bledsoe not an upgrade over VT

[nathanlt]

Simple as that.

I'm not going to list a great deal of reasons other than his stats.
.............CMP .ATT YDS CMP% YPA LNG TD
Bledsoe ..256.. 450 2932 56.9 ..6.52 69 20
Testavrd 297.. 495 3532 60.0 ..7.14 53 17
............ INT SACK RAT ATT YDS AVG LNG TD
Bledsoe 16 ...37... 76.6.. 22.. 37.. 1.7.. 17.. 0
Testavrd 20 .35 ...76.4.. 20.. 42.. 2.1.. 10.. 1

There ya go.... 'nuff said.

[MichaelWinicki]

Simple as that.

I'm not going to list a great deal of reasons other than his stats.
.............CMP .ATT YDS CMP% YPA LNG TD
Bledsoe ..256.. 450 2932 56.9 ..6.52 69 20
Testavrd 297.. 495 3532 60.0 ..7.14 53 17
............ INT SACK RAT ATT YDS AVG LNG TD
Bledsoe 16 ...37... 76.6.. 22.. 37.. 1.7.. 17.. 0
Testavrd 20 .35 ...76.4.. 20.. 42.. 2.1.. 10.. 1

There ya go.... 'nuff said.


No question he's not an upgrade.

[WoodysGirl]

Seriously, is that even a debate anymore? They're a wash IMO. All these guys we're debating as FA are FAs for a reason. So let's pray we get the best of the bunch who will at least keep us competitive and our D rebounds. If that happens, we'll have a least a shot at the playoffs.

[pgreptom]

I'm not going to list a great deal of reasons other than his stats.
.............CMP .ATT YDS CMP% YPA LNG TD
Bledsoe ..256.. 450 2932 56.9 ..6.52 69 20
Testavrd 297.. 495 3532 60.0 ..7.14 53 17
............ INT SACK RAT ATT YDS AVG LNG TD
Bledsoe 16 ...37... 76.6.. 22.. 37.. 1.7.. 17.. 0
Testavrd 20 .35 ...76.4.. 20.. 42.. 2.1.. 10.. 1


Stats mean nothing.. if stats meant something, Roy shouldn't have made the probowl his second year - his stats "Declined"

I like Bledsoe's TD/INT ratio a lot better than Testys.. and it's too complicated to compare two qb's like this.. reason being, the schemes, etc. Buffalo was a grind it out kinda team, while Dallas had no other option to pass as we couldn't run the bal.. it's really silly. I'll take 20 td's and 16 INT's over 17 td's and 20 int's... for the price of only 2 more sacks? yes. I will.

Bottom line - they both suck. I don't want either, but if i had to choose.. give me 20 td's and 16 INT's over 17 td's and 20 int's. Atleast Bledsoe was a winner last year.

[CoCo1]

Posted above are just the 2004 comparative stats.

If you look at their career totals you get pretty much the same answer, no discernable difference.

Vinnie
Year Att Comp Pct Yards TD Int Rate
1987 165 71 43.0 1,081 5 6 60.2
1988 466 222 47.6 3,240 13 35 48.8
1989 480 258 53.8 3,133 20 22 68.9
1990 365 203 55.6 2,818 17 18 75.6
1991 326 166 50.9 1,994 8 15 59.0
1992 358 206 57.5 2,554 14 16 74.2
1993 230 130 56.5 1,797 14 9 85.7
1994 376 207 55.1 2,575 16 18 70.7
1995 392 241 61.5 2,883 17 10 87.8
1996 549 325 59.2 4,177 33 19 88.7
1997 470 271 57.7 2,971 18 15 75.9
1998 421 259 61.5 3,256 29 7 101.6
1999 15 10 66.7 96 1 1 78.8
2000 590 328 55.6 3,732 21 25 69.0
2001 441 260 59.0 2,752 15 14 75.3
2002 83 54 65.1 499 3 3 78.3
2003 198 123 62.1 1,385 7 2 90.6
2004 495 297 60.0 3,532 17 20 76.4
TOTAL 6,420 3,631 56.6 44,475 268 255 75.4

Bledsoe
Year Att Comp Pct Yards TD Int Rate
1993 429 214 49.9 2,494 15 15 65.0
1994 691 400 57.9 4,555 25 27 73.6
1995 636 323 50.8 3,507 13 16 63.7
1996 623 373 59.9 4,086 27 15 83.7
1997 522 314 60.2 3,706 28 15 87.7
1998 481 263 54.7 3,633 20 14 80.9
1999 539 305 56.6 3,985 19 21 75.6
2000 531 312 58.8 3,291 17 13 77.3
2001 66 40 60.6 400 2 2 75.3
2002 610 375 61.5 4,359 24 15 86.0
2003 471 274 58.2 2,860 11 12 73.0
2004 450 256 56.9 2,932 20 16 76.6
TOTAL 6,049 3,449 57.0 39,808 221 181 76.7


If you review them year by year you can perhaps see where VT's BEST years are better than Bledsoe's. But its not a clear trend IMO.

If anything I might conclude than Bledsoe is a bit more consistent but we are really splitting hairs on that.

I honestly see no compelling reason to usher VT out and bring in Drew.

I think Bledsoe will cost more and with his "I must start" agenda that could be a disruption.

That said. I will not gnash my teeth it we switch to Bledsoe and I'll hope for the best. Its probably a 50/50 proposition.

My primary hope for 2005 is in upgrading OTHER positions as I think the options will be few at the QB spot.

[conner01]

i think ther about a wash.vt throws more ints and drew gets sacked and fumbles more.not much differense there.but here's a differense that makes me lean toward going with bledsoe.at this point we just don't know about henson,if he comes along thenb fine we can cut either next year and move on with henson.but lets say henson does not come along and we see this year he';s not the answer.that means a draft or a f.a. qb next year.if we went draft bledsoe is still young enough to bridge the gap till the toung guy is ready.i think talent wise they are a wash but the age factor would make me tend to lean toward bledsoe just simpley because we don't know who will be the guy to take the job for the future and he's young enough to give us more options

[2233boys]

Did you all watch Vinny play this past year? Bledsoe is an upgrade, hell I am an upgrade to Vinny...

That being said I'd rather not have either of them on the team