peplaw06
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Hostile said:I just don't see the similarity. All you have is age really. Elway was "the guy" in Denver. Bledsoe is a hired gun in Dallas. Elway was mobile and an unquestioned member of the greatest ever discussions. Bledsoe isn't in that strata.
You're right, he's not in that strata.... right now. If he were to put a couple Super Bowl runs together, he would be. I was a big fan of Bledsoe back in the mid-90s, and thought he got a raw deal in New England and Buffalo. Not that I can blame NE for kicking him to the curb, because Brady is great. Who knows what would have happened had Bledsoe not gotten injured in the year of NE's first Super Bowl run?? He could still be the starter there, we may have never heard of Brady, or at least he would be with a different team.
And Buffalo, look at their QB situation right now. What's wrong with Bledsoe being a "hired gun?" This is the age of free agency after all. I just don't see any substance to the argument that Bledsoe's not worthy of consideration as one of the greatest QBs ever, especially if he gets a couple SBs. Yeah, he got sacked a lot, and doesn't have much mobility, but then again, neither did Aikman. This isn't to say Bledsoe is anywhere near Aikman right now, but you can bet if he has a couple of great seasons and wins a couple of SBs he will proabbly be a first ballot HOFer.