Chief said:
How does a Drew Bledsoe Cult even happen?
I can sorta understand some cult followings. Some charismatic individual casts some kind of spell on people, or some way-out freak provides the spark that other freaks are looking for.
But Drew Bledsoe?
I'll tell you exactly how it started for me. I live in New England and always followed the Pats. I loved Steve Grogan back in the day, and I loved Bledsoe when he was a Pat. I also like quite a few other franchises in the NFL for various reasons that change all the time. For example, before Bledsoe came to Dallas, I liked Dallas because I like Parcells. I also always liked Buffalo becuase they are the epitome of an underdog -- small city, 4 time SB losers -- you just have to root for a team like that to finally win something.
So, after Bledsoe left NE I started following the Bills more closely. Just like I follow the Dodgers a little now because Nomar plays for them. Just like I followed the BlueJays when Clemens went there.
Ok, so, in 2004 I was in disbelief that many Bills fans were calling for Bledsoe's head. It seemed to me pretty obvious that Tom Donahoe was completely incompetent and responsible for all the teams woes. So I started using the Bills message boards to voice my opinion that Bledsoe was being unfairly blamed. Well, things heated up pretty fast, bigneil was ranting over there, philisophical troll was in on the act. So I came up with this brilliant user name -- on8thdayGodcreatedBledsoe.
At first I was just going totally overboard making all sorts of ridiculous assertions about Bledsoe's greatness just because I really enjoyed annoying ignorant Bills' fans who blamed Bledsoe for all the teams problems. Then a funny thing happened -- Parcells grabbed Bledsoe about 10 seconds after he was released. Then an even funnier thing happened -- Bledsoe was leading the league halfway through last season and looking like an all-world stud. Then another funny thing happened -- the Bills completely disinegrated. And let me tell you, boy oh boy did I have fun rubbing it in the faces of people over on the Bills boards.
I've been trolling over on the Bills boards right along, then about a month ago, PT invited me to join the fun over here. See, my nemesis, sbneff55 was over hear spouting his nonsense, so I felt obliged to school him on multiple boards.
So here is the bottom line -- I think Bledsoe is a vastly underrated QB who is on the verge of finally getting a ring of his own. I think most of the criticism he gets is totally unfair, too. But the main reason I troll around acting like he is the second coming is because it's fun. That's it.