Opinion on Drew Bledsoe today

[Nors]

Bledsoe bigger than Aikman in person.

 

[Rogerthat12]

I hope DB lights it up in Dallas..convinced...no..hopefull...yes

 

[Hostile]

If you think Carter has a more accurate arm than Bledsoe you really, really are missing the boat.

He needs to figure out how to get from the bus station to the marina.

 

[jimmy40]

By the way, this is a cool picture:

The pretender and the contender.

 

[SuspectCorner]

about the same.

bledsoe will require solid protection from the OL and isn't likely to carry the O on a tough day. but he should benefit from the improved situations at RB and WR (barring depth-robbing injuries).

should a similar injury occur, i believe he'll be in a much better position than VT found himself in when glenn went down last season.

 

[SuspectCorner]

about the same.

bledsoe will require solid protection from the OL and isn't likely to carry the O on a tough day. but he should benefit from the improved depth situations at RB and WR .

should a similar injury occur, i believe he'll be in a much better position than VT found himself in when jones and glenn went down last season.

at least he's a proven veteran.

 

[Tripod]

Liked him when we got him. Still like him now.
He's got something to prove and that will be the difference.

Cowboys 11-5

 

[SteveOS]

W/ the unfortunate demise of Henson, I'm glad Bledsoe is here. If Henson was lighting it up in the preseason, I'd be upset.

 

[birdeboy]

I fell great about getting bledsoe he can win games with us hes proven hes gonna suprise alot of ppl hes out to prove ppl wrong espicialy the bills hes got great recivers and should have some good protection i dont see why he wont be good for us im very excited about getting him he will do great if there isnt any protection for him i dont see him doing very good my 2 cents

 

[kartr]

If you think Carter has a more accurate arm than Bledsoe you really, really are missing the boat.

Compare their stats from the last 2 years,Carter had the higher rating and completion percentage, but Bledsoe had the better supporting cast.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Kind of hard to say without seeing the games in the regular season IMO.

I liked him when he was young and Tuna was the coach for the Pats but then he started taking too many hits standing back in the pocket.

So when he was signed I was not jumping up and down for joy, but at the same time I was not running for a cave because of people claiming the sky was falling either.

I guess I figured we got the best we could get in the offseason so I can't fault them for doing that.

Now I will admit I like the supporting cast around him better...At least I have seen that Julius seems to be starting where he left off last year and probably will be better, plus RB depth is MUCH better. Witten seems to be holding true to last years form. Glenn is Healthy, Crayton is another year in the system and seems to be getting better with every practice and also getting price for playing time and depth.

Rivera helps the young Rob at RT.

That is the only thing on offense, bledsoes supporting cast, that worries me.

Rob has great upside but he is a young rook and there will be a learning curve. Hard to expect a rook to not have some problems going against savy vets in the league.

So as a whole I guess I am not more or less impressed with Bledsoe as an individual...however I do feel better about the majority of his surrounding cast.

 

[kartr]

He is either joking constantly or he really has deluded himself into believing that Quincy is just about the best QB ever.

If he really thinks Carter is even decent, the only explanation I can fathom is that he is a) actually Quincy Carter b) related to Quincy Carter or c) never actually watched Quincy Carter.

I think Carter will probably be pretty solid in the CFL though.

You left out d) Can see thru positive hype and negative hype; can determine which qb's are over-rated, Bledsoe(released from his last two teams because of poor play) and under-rated, Carter(helped 2 teams in as many hears make the playoffs, neither of which will do so this year because of poor qb play). Bledsoe wont be facing backups in the regular season.

 

[kartr]

I feel better and am absolutely convinced he was the best option available to us this off-season. His health could be the key to the season because I do not see either of our back-ups being ready to play now that we are about to start playing for real.

I'm actually pretty pumped about Bledsoe. He is the first legitimate QB, with big league skill, that this franchise has had since Aikman.

False. Legitimate qb's don't get dumped for 6th round draft picks and rookies who threw only 20 passes the year before.

 

[Doomsday101]

Compare their stats from the last 2 years,Carter had the higher rating and completion percentage, but Bledsoe had the better supporting cast.

Get off it no one gives a rats ars about Quincy Drug Head Carter. tell me who is he playing for again? Yeah no one wants his sorry ars. You really take the cake I have never seen someone so in love with a bum as you are. Let it go once and for all. It seems all your posting is to rip on every QB except for Carter here is a clue he is not that damn good

 

[kartr]

Great move then, great move now. I think there are going to be a lot of suprised people around the NFL.

I'll be happy to be able to say I never doubted Bledsoe here.

I've always doubted Bledsoe and hates that he is on this team wasting our time.

You and Bledsoe apparently don't realize that Steve Young, John Elway and Joe Montana by NFL standards were running qbs. Being a running qb doesn't mean you can't throw accurately or read defenses, it means that you're more versatile than a one dimensional pocket passer. How many superbowls did Marino win or Dan Fouts play in? Zero.

 

[kartr]

Get off it no one gives a rats ars about Quincy Drug Head Carter. tell me who is he playing for again? Yeah no one wants his sorry ars. You really take the cake I have never seen someone so in love with a bum as you are. Let it go once and for all. It seems all your posting is to rip on every QB except for Carter here is a clue he is not that damn good

Doesn't matter if they want him or not, he's still a playoff qb. A third of the teams in the NFL don't have a playoff qb on their roster, including this one. Some, like last year(Wanstedt,Butch Davis and Craig Erickson) will get fired this year because of poor qb play when they could have had a playoff qb on their roster. Some teams,Dallas,Miami,Chicago,Detroit,Baltimore,etc. don't even have a legitmate starting qb on their roster, and no doubt some of these coaches will get fired. Being paid to be a head coach doesn't make one any good at it, just ask Dave Wanstedt, he can't win in the pros or college.

 

[Doomsday101]

Doesn't matter if they want him or not, he's still a playoff qb. A third of the teams in the NFL don't have a playoff qb on their roster, including this one. Some, like last year(Wanstedt,Butch Davis and Craig Erickson) will get fired this year because of poor qb play when they could have had a playoff qb on their roster. Some teams,Dallas,Miami,Chicago,Detroit,Baltimore,etc. don't even have a legitmate starting qb on their roster, and no doubt some of these coaches will get fired. Being paid to be a head coach doesn't make one any good at it, just ask Dave Wanstedt, he can't win in the pros or college.

In your mind Carter took the jets to the playoffs in most other minds Carter did very little. Keep telling yourself how great he is while both of you guys sit home and watch the football games.

 

[Mike 1967]

Do you feel better about him as our QB than you did when we signed him?

Worse?

Or feel about the same.


I'll start - I feel even better than when we signed him and was a huge proponent of his.

I was very critical of Bledsoe after his performance against Arizona. That performance coupled with his reputation coming in had me very very concerned.

But...I go off what I see. And the guy has steadily improved over the last 3 games.

At this point I have a high degree of confidence in Bledsoe's ability to QB this team.

 

[rynochop]

I'll go with the same.

While i was impressed with his last preseason game, i also expected a performance or two like that.

The key will be the OL.

 

[Jack-Reacher]

Thought I would add my two cents in to this discussion. Here are the career stats of Drew Bledsoe, Quincy Carter and our beloved Troy Aikman. I will let each of you make your own opinion on the comparisons but to say that QC had a better last two years than Drew Bledsoe is simply false. How can you compare 58 attempts (Carter) to 450 attempts (Bledsoe)? Look at 2003 and the picture is a little clearer. If Carter was all that he wouldn’t be at home. Bledsoe and Aikman have similar styles. Both are accurate passers with the nod obviously going to Aikman, his stats bear that out. Bledsoe is a huge improvement over Vinny and I agree that he is the first legitimate post-Aikman QB the Cowboys have fielded.



I feel the same as I did when he was signed. I was ecstatic!







Drew Bledsoe:



G GS Att Comp PCT Yards LG TD Int Rate



2003 16 16 471 274 58.2 2860 54 11 12 73.0

2004 16 16 450 256 56.9 2932 69 20 16 76.6

Career 172 171 6049 3449 57.0 39808 86 221 181 76.7







Quincy (pass me the pipe) Carter



2003 16 16 505 292 57.8 3302 64 17 21 71.4

2004 7 3 58 35 60.3 498 69 3 1 98.2

Career 38 34 960 542 56.5 6337 80 32 37 71.7



Troy Aikman:



Career 165 165 4715 2898 61.5 32942 90 165 141 81.6