I might agree here. Some of his short passes are inaccurate. But then you look at the TD to Witten where he lasered it right into the numbers. Or you look at a crucial fiorst down to Witten late in the game when Bledsoe threaded it past the defender who was draped all over Witten, and your point is sometimes right.
Hey I never said that he wasn't capable of hitting a short pass. I never said he hasn't. What I did say is that his short passes have been behind, too high or late getting to the receivers. His long intermediate to long passes have been impressive.
May I ask what games you are watching? He isn't Ron Mexico, but he sure does sidestep defenders at times. He did it several times in the Denver game. revisit the long pass to Keyshawn. He stepped away from the defender who was on Pettiti and found the open space in the cup and tossed a strike.
Making generalizations about this guy is dicey in my opinion.
Of course he's not Vick and the mere mention of Bledsoe in the same sentence with Vick in terms of mobility makes anyone sound silly. The bottom line is that throughout his career Drew has not been known to get out of the way of a good rush. To make it seem as if I am comparing Drew to Vick is dicey in my opinion.
It has been commented on by several of the local press, and even Simms made the remark, that when we have had the miscues between Bledsoe and the center, the fix was slowing Drew down to assure he has the ball. Simms even made the comment that this may be why Denver was getting such a good jump.
Drew has always been slow from the center. Have you watched him before he came to Dallas? Better yet. Look at how slow he comes out of the pocket even compared to Romo. In regards to Simms, he was double talking the whole game. His foot had to be removed from his mouth numerous times during the telecast. I guess we hear what we like.
Please make a list of the interceptions for a touchdown he has throw BESIDES the pass which was picked by Bailey this season. Your comment is misleading.
Read what I said I said. I said usually the
TYPE that is returned for touchdowns. This means high risk passes and he hasn't been throwing those
type of passes well at all. Drew had most of his INT's made on the out passes this year.
So he lacks an ability he has shown this season. The logic is staggering in this one comment.
Not sure what you are referring too on this one.
So ,was the running game working in the Denver contest? Not really. But Drew had a 65% completion rating.
I never said that he totally blew chunks this game. I will say that he is not looking as sure fire as he did earlier this year. Anyone who has watched the last few games cannot say that he has looked sharp at all. I know we will say that the 'O' line is the reason that Drew is struggling. I will agree to that to a point. I have seen enough to say that Drew has missed his share of passes that he clearly got off with minimal pressure. Using your QB ratings, Jake Plummer ranks higher than Drew Bledsoe this year as well as Marc Bulger. Care to defend that one?
In my summation, I will rip this idea apart. But I wanted to highlight the most inane comment in your position.
He has a bad line, but he should overcome that.
John Kennedy had a bad seat in the motorcade, but he should have overcome that since he was such a great President.
Not to sound insensitive but he should have been inside the car knowing the political climate at the time. Then again, I'm not much of a Monday morning politician.
See summation below.
This would be the Brad Johnson who is a back-up to Dante Culpepper, one of the major busts in the league now that he doesn't have Randy Moss winning the jump ball contest in the endzone?
How have you come to the conclusion that Dante is a bust? What does Drew have in ability that Dante doesn't? What has Drew done that doesn't make him a bust?
The Brad Johnson who has replaced Culpepper and won games?
Johnson is better than Culpepper. But he is not in the same zip code as Bledsoe.
Truly amazing.
One more time. How is Drew better than Dante? I'm not even going to ask you about Brad.
Yes, good idea.
Here are some FACTS which negate your comments.
Drew Bledsoe leads the NFC in passing yards. 2557.
If Drew Bledsoe averages 200 yards per game for the rest of the season. He will only eclipse QC's total for 2003 by 300-400 yards. To be honest. I don't think he will average 200 yards for the rest of the season. Teams already know what they have to do to get us out of our rhythm. Attack Drew!
Drew Bledsoe is #4 in the NFL for passing yards. Tom Brady leads this category with 2782 yards. That is 225 yards more than Bledsoe. Or less than 20 yards per game.
What offensive weapons does Brady have this year? What offensive weapons did QC have? Since you brought him up. I am not implying that QC is a better passer than Drew by any means. I will say that all of this stuff that everyone is throwing his way is slightly overblown. Many have said that Dante could have been the MVP for his play last year. Manning was the only better passer last year. Now to sink your little tug boat. Dante had his best passing year with Moss only catching a whopping (ready for this) 767 YARDS! Go figure!! That's less than what Terry Glenn has in total this year!!!!Great for Terry and the Cowboys! Bad for your Dante sucks argument.
Drew Bledsoe is #2 in the NFC for passer rating at 91.8.
Who cares. In 2003 Drew was ranked 22nd in the league while QC was ranked 24th. His completion % was (ready for this) 58.2 to QC's 57.8!!!!There goes your QB ratings out the window!! Then again, maybe Drew is not as great as you think or QC wasn't as bad as you say. Bottom line. Using numbers primarily to justify your claims will get you into big trouble like you are in now.
Drew Bledsoe is #7 in the NFL for passer rating.
Who cares again. Can he make the plays he has to make and will he not be the bone head player that he has shown to be in his LOOOONGGGGG past? Time will tell. He has some more proving to do. In addition, to make sure you never talk without doing your research. Dante has averaged over 90's in ratings 3 times and over 100 once. His highest QB rating was with Moss catching 767 yards and having his lowest output as a pro. Drew has never had a higher rating than 87!!!!! Oh and Brad. You know the guy that's not even in Drews zip code. Well he has reached the 90 QB rating 3 times!!!
Using your logic and resources makes Drew look ver AVERAGE!
Drew Bledsoe has 2557 yards passing. He is averaging 232 yards per contest. He has five games left in this season. If he keeps up with his average this will give him 3719 yards passing for the season.
Once again see Quincy Carter total for 2003. Who is currently in third place right now behind Troy . Numbers are not everything and if they are, you can take QC's name off of your list. I dare you. You wouldn't because you know what you saw while he was playing. The same way I see how Drew is playing right now.
Also. QC hit the 3000 yard plateau one year quicker than Troy did. He had a higher passer rating his first year than Troy. What does this mean? Absolutely EVERYTHING if you don't put these numbers in it's proper perspective.
This would put him behind only Danny White with 3980 yards. A mere 261 yards less than the all time best for this franchise.
It would surpass Aikman (three Super Bowls victories) 3445, and Staubach (two Super Bowl victories, three Super Bowl losses) 3586.
He also has 33-year old Keyshawn Johnson, who will never be confused with a fleet-footed receiver. And Terry Glenn, who is 31-years old.
Those are his primary wide receivers.
He also has Jason Witten, who is am emerging star in this league at tight end. But you must admit Witten's production is down this season. He has 38 fewer catches with five games to go. And his yardage is a little over half what it was last year with 2/3rds of the season gone.
When you are ready to talk about how a player is actually playing within the game I will listen.
Good day.
Agreed! But you try telling that to all of the chicken littles out there.