Drew Bledsoe update

[Chief]

I'm fairly pessimistic when it comes to Bledsoe.

He's probably slightly better than what Dallas has had in recent years at QB, but not by much. About the only positive thing is Purcells and Bledsoe are comfortable with each other and the coach will try to tailor everything to fit Bledsoe's diminishing talent.

Like I've said before, he reminds me of Jim Everett late in his career ... no mobility, holds the ball too long, looks at the rush instead of reading the secondary, glazed look in his eyes like a punch-drunk boxer in the 12th round.

Actually, I sorta think he'll get clobbered early on and Henson or Romo will be playing quite a bit.

[jobberone]

Originally Posted by Alexander

Buffalo's offense struggled because they could not protect Bledsoe. They only starting becoming effective once Henry was benched and McGahee was the featured runner. The running game took alot of pressure off him and eliminated his exposure to the pass rush.

That is the only way Bledsoe can be effective at this stage in his career. If anyone thinks that we will be a passing team with him at the helm, they are sorely mistaken. If we end up throwing the ball 50 times a game with Bledsoe we will lose more than 10 games.

Agreed. But if any team threw 50 times a game or more it would most likely be a loser. Well maybe not Indy.

[Doomsday101]

Originally Posted by MichaelWinicki

You and I will revist this topic in the future.

We can revisit it but not sure why? I have not said that Bledsoe is going to be good or bad only that I would hope fans give him a fair shake and not come down on him before he has even taken a single snap from center. I have no illusion that Bledsoe is going to come in and carry this offense on his shoulders. He will need the players around him to step up and help him, if they do I feel Bledsoe still can be effective. If we continue to shoot ourselves in the foot with dumb penalties always facing long yardage situations then chances are he will struggle.

[Mike 1967]

Originally Posted by MichaelWinicki

Mike, take away the defensive and special teams touchdowns... Last time I looked they accounted for 70 points! 70 freaking points that Drew Bledsoe had nothing to do with!

Now here's the clincher... The Buffalo offense scored exactly 3 more touchdowns than the Cowboy offense did--3 crummy touchdowns! And think how ****ty our offense was!

You guys have no idea what destruction we are going to face under a Drew Bledsoe run offense--- none!

NFL.COM has them as the 7th rated scoring offense last year. Surely they only included points that were scored by the offense when coming up with this rating.

By comparison Dallas ranked 25th in scoring.

[Mike 1967]

Originally Posted by Alexander

If I was running this team, I would forget about WR and draft heavy with defense, OL and especially a backup running back.

I agree with the poster above you said the Bledsoe acquisition will impact who we draft.

If we draft a WR before a right tackle, then we are banking on everything that we saw out of Bledsoe in Buffalo to be an illusion. I don't think it was nearly as bad as Bledsoe would want everyone to believe.

Sure he had some bad protection, but he brought alot of that on himself with the way he carries himself in the pocket and the decisions he makes.

Very good points.

I will definitely be keeping this in mind during draft day. And I am now thinking that WR may not be the best direction for us to go.

But......there seems to be a lot of noise/indication out of Dallas that we are looking at WR. But that does not necessarily mean much because I did not understand Bills love with Vinny during the latter part of last season. In otherwords, just because logic dictates that we go heavy on OL, RB and Defense....it does not mean that we will.

[Mike 1967]

Originally Posted by Chief

Actually, I sorta think he'll get clobbered early on and Henson or Romo will be playing quite a bit.

Then this signing is a good one.

Either Bledsoe performs and we get better production from that position than in recent years.......or he goes down and we finally get to see what Henson can do and Henson finally gets some experience.


Either scenario is better than what we have had the last several years

[MichaelWinicki]

Originally Posted by Mike 1967

NFL.COM has them as the 7th rated scoring offense last year. Surely they only included points that were scored by the offense when coming up with this rating.

By comparison Dallas ranked 25th in scoring.

Buffalo scored 36 offensive touchdowns last season... Dallas scored 33 offensive touchdowns last season.

Buffalo had 10 touchdowns due to special teams and defense. Dallas had 0.

[blindzebra]

Originally Posted by Mike 1967

NFL.COM has them as the 7th rated scoring offense last year. Surely they only included points that were scored by the offense when coming up with this rating.

By comparison Dallas ranked 25th in scoring.

Did you even bother looking at the totals?

That was for points per game, which is every TD, FG, extra point, 2 point conversion, and safety.

Buffalo had 15 rushing TDs, Dallas had 14.

Buffalo had 21 passing TDs, Dallas had 19.

Buffalo had 10 returns for TDs...2 on punts, 3 on kickoffs, 4 INTs, and a blocked punt. That boosted their points per game by 4.4 points.

I'd also venture that their defense supplied the offense with a short field much more often.

[Nors]

Miki - your Bills will win 3 or 4 games next season.

Where's their first round draft pick? Wait we have it!

Bledsoe and the Cowbuys will make the playoffs!

[MichaelWinicki]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

Did you even bother looking at the totals?

That was for points per game, which is every TD, FG, extra point, 2 point conversion, and safety.

Buffalo had 15 rushing TDs, Dallas had 14.

Buffalo had 21 passing TDs, Dallas had 19.

Buffalo had 10 returns for TDs...2 on punts, 3 on kickoffs, 4 INTs, and a blocked punt. That boosted their points per game by 4.4 points.

I'd also venture that their defense supplied the offense with a short field much more often.

BZ... I'm just amazed at the depth people will go to pull out the last bit of "Bledsoe is God" proof. It's almost like they're in denial of how wretched this guy has been the last 2 1/2 years. They're blaming everyone in the world for the Bills lousy offense... except for the person that ran it. Amazing. And now they think at 33 years old he's going to lead us to the promised land. Please!

[MichaelWinicki]

Originally Posted by Nors

Miki - your Bills will win 3 or 4 games next season.

Where's their first round draft pick? Wait we have it!

Bledsoe and the Cowbuys will make the playoffs!

My Bills Nors???

Them's fightin words!!!

[JMech]

Originally Posted by Doomsday101

Mike keep this post if you choose I really don't care. All I'm saying is what he does in Dallas matters what he did in Buffalo I could careless, this is not buffalo and the talent around him in Dallas is going to be different the coaching staff is going to be different. I don't know if Bleadsoe will fail or succeed but I will give him a fair shake before whinning and complaining about him.

Like Mike, I watched most every snap that Bledsoe took in Buffalo. Mike, has been absolutely accurate in his assessment. It is unfortunate that the Cowboys fan has no true appreciation for the doom that is about to descend upon this franchise.

Mike, I am not sure why the Cowboy's fans are not listening to this message. I guess they will have to learn for themselves. It will be painful..

[Nors]

Originally Posted by MichaelWinicki

BZ... I'm just amazed at the depth people will go to pull out the last bit of "Bledsoe is God" proof. It's almost like they're in denial of how wretched this guy has been the last 2 1/2 years. They're blaming everyone in the world for the Bills lousy offense... except for the person that ran it. Amazing. And now they think at 33 years old he's going to lead us to the promised land. Please!

Nobody said he's God actually, NOBODY. You are hell bent on bashing the guy. The theme of the thread is he's a good QB, That in the right system can succeed. Something you obviouslt don't want to happen.....

[Mike 1967]

Originally Posted by blindzebra

Did you even bother looking at the totals?

That was for points per game, which is every TD, FG, extra point, 2 point conversion, and safety.

Buffalo had 15 rushing TDs, Dallas had 14.

Buffalo had 21 passing TDs, Dallas had 19.

Buffalo had 10 returns for TDs...2 on punts, 3 on kickoffs, 4 INTs, and a blocked punt. That boosted their points per game by 4.4 points.

I'd also venture that their defense supplied the offense with a short field much more often.

did you even bother reading my post ?

NFL.COM has Buffalo rated as the 7th scoring offense for the entire year. They have Dallas rated as the 25th scoring offense.

That is SCORING OFFENSE. I sometimes am expected to do things here at work so no....I don't have time to look up every scoring stat from last year.

I did trust that NFL.COM only included offensive scores in that ranking since it was an OFFENSIVE STAT.

Now...if they didn't do that.....then I would definitely like to know because, as I have already stated, I did not see Bledsoe play so I am basing my opinion on these stats.

OK ?

[Doomsday101]

Originally Posted by JMech

Like Mike, I watched most every snap that Bledsoe took in Buffalo. Mike, has been absolutely accurate in his assessment. It is unfortunate that the Cowboys fan has no true appreciation for the doom that is about to descend upon this franchise.

Mike, I am not sure why the Cowboy's fans are not listening to this message. I guess they will have to learn for themselves. It will be painful..

Your right I'll start complaining endlessly like that will do a damn bit of good. Some of you complain just to hear yourself complain have nothing good to say about anything. I have said I don't know how Bledsoe will perform with the Cowboy and neither do you nor mike. I have seen QB move to other team and it has helped them tremendously, I don't know if that will be the case for Bledsoe or not, I'll watch him and judge him on how he plays for the Cowboys.