Possible Teams For Bledsoe To Start For In 2007

[joseephuss]

44000 yards, 30+ 4th quarter comebacks, a 4-3 playoff record and 251 career TD's say otherwise.....but yes you are the #1 drew hater on this board. Hopefully you will still make the trip to Canton when Drew is immortalized forever though.

He played in 7 playoff games in just over a 13 year career. That is less than impressive especially since 5 of those playoff games came in a two year period. Hasn't played in a playoff game since 2001 as a backup and hasn't started a playoff game since 1997.

When he did appear in playoff games, the defense and special teams did more to win the games than he did with his 51.2% completion percentage, 5.3 yards per attempt, 10.3 yards per completion, 6 TDs, 2.4% TDs per pass attempt, 12 INTs, 4.8% INTs per pass attempt and 54.9 QB rating, which are all worse than his regular season numbers.

He is not great at leading teams to playoff appearances and once he does get there, he is plays at his worst.

 

[bbgun]

My local team could use his services.

 

[Cowchips]

He played in 7 playoff games in just over a 13 year career. That is less than impressive especially since 5 of those playoff games came in a two year period. Hasn't played in a playoff game since 2001 as a backup and hasn't started a playoff game since 1997.

When he did appear in playoff games, the defense and special teams did more to win the games than he did with his 51.2% completion percentage, 5.3 yards per attempt, 10.3 yards per completion, 6 TDs, 2.4% TDs per pass attempt, 12 INTs, 4.8% INTs per pass attempt and 54.9 QB rating, which are all worse than his regular season numbers.

He is not great at leading teams to playoff appearances and once he does get there, he is plays at his worst.

If I'm a GM of a team that perenially finishes with 2 or 3 wins, 9-7 and just missing the playoffs by a whisper looks pretty darn good to me. Especially with my young gun from the draft learning the ropes from the sidelines for 2 years.

Like Bledsoe or not, his history is he leads teams to the door of the playoffs. In Dallas and Buffalo, a decent fg kicker would have put them in the door.

 

[illone]

I wouldn't write Bledsoe off just yet. I could see him staying with the Cowboys for another season as the backup in case Romo goes down. Seattle has a horrible backup, so I could see him going up there as well.

 

[Cowboy4ever]

I think Drew did the best he could in Dallas and I really appreciate the effort he put forth while the starter.. but that does not mean I think he is a quality QB anymore. I don't see ANY team, regardless if they are winnless paying him Money to be the starter in this league anymore. IF teams are not winning, more than likely they don't have a good OL and thus Bledsoe would be useless to them. Very few,if any, teams take the approach of grooming a QB anymore. its a win now league. And when consider that there will be some decent young QB in FA.. Bledose will havea hard time.

 

[Stautner]

I wouldn't write Bledsoe off just yet. I could see him staying with the Cowboys for another season as the backup in case Romo goes down. Seattle has a horrible backup, so I could see him going up there as well.

So you think he lied when he said he had no interest in being a backup and would retire if that was his option?

 

[Cowchips]

So you think he lied when he said he had no interest in being a backup and would retire if that was his option?

Bledsoe won't be a back-up. Back up and qb coach, maybe

 

[LaTunaNostra]

The guy wins everywhere he goes and soon will be turning around his FOURTH Nfl franchise in 2007....take it to the bank!

If you're talking about Parcells, you mean fifth.

If you're referring to Bledsoe he's never turned as much as a clock hand around.

As for Romo I truly hope he is the real deal, because if not this will be the biggest blunder this franchise has ever made.

The 'biggest blunder' in the history of a 46 year old franchise...that's awfully melodramtic, don't you think? The history of the Dallas Cowboys doesn't revolve around the travails of a journeyman quarterback as he finishes out his career.

But you could be on to something. Not re-signing Romo this past summer could have ranked as one of the biggest blunders in Dallas history. And certainly, Parcells continuing with Coach Killer DB was looming as Parcells biggest ever. Bledsoe was doing just what I feared he woudl do when he was signed..sending BP into retirement.

Whew! Dodged THAT bullet.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

I'm here to bet anyone that Bledsoe is not a starter for any team in the NFL next year...

Any takers?

I'll put up $100.

 

[MichaelWinicki]

If you're talking about Parcells, you mean fifth.

If you're referring to Bledsoe he's never turned as much as a clock hand around.



The 'biggest blunder' in the history of a 46 year old franchise...that's awfully melodramtic, don't you think? The history of the Dallas Cowboys doesn't revolve around the travails of a journeyman quarterback as he finishes out his career.

But you could be on to something. Not re-signing Romo this past summer could have ranked as one of the biggest blunders in Dallas history. And certainly, Parcells continuing with Coach Killer DB was looming as Parcells biggest ever. Bledsoe was doing just what I feared he woudl do when he was signed..sending BP into retirement.

Whew! Dodged THAT bullet.

Well said B.

I can't believe some of the nonsense these Drew-lovers are spewing.

 

[LaTunaNostra]

I'm here to bet anyone that Bledsoe is not a starter for any team in the NFL next year...

Any takers?

I'll put up $100.

Mike......look at what happens when injury strikes before you make that bet. Drew won't be a starter when the season begins, but two qbs down on one team could do it.

 

[Stautner]

Bledsoe won't be a back-up. Back up and qb coach, maybe

You're kidding, right?

 

[wileedog]

So you think he lied when he said he had no interest in being a backup and would retire if that was his option?

In fairness, I doubt he foresaw getting benched in Week 7 either, and with retirement you just never know with some guys. Its easy to say "I'll walk away", its harder to do.

That said, my bet is on retirement. But it wouldn't shock me if tried to find a starting job somewhere where he had a chance to win a job.

Heck, Kerry Collins found a (brief) starting gig 3 weeks into TC.

Regardless, if Romo plays out he's done here.

 

[AMERICAS_FAN]

Bledsoe will be the backup for the Steelers:

I think Bledsoe will have a hard time finding starters work because of his age. Bledsoe NEEDS a solid OL to perform, and any team with a good OL to block will be more willing to take a chance on a younger guy because that line can protect him (or maybe they have their starting QB already). So in that sense I see Bledsoe landing a backup role where the OL is soilid and the starting QB is similar to him. For me, that's Pittsburgh, where Bledsoe is Big, like Big-Ben, and a pocket-passer, like Big-Ben. Pitt also likes to use the running game to help out the passing game, so again, it plays into Bledsoe's strengths. And with Big-Ben's recent injury concerns, their need for a solid backup will be prime.

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[Doomsday101]

I'm here to bet anyone that Bledsoe is not a starter for any team in the NFL next year...

Any takers?

I'll put up $100.

I think it is likely that Bledsoe retires I do think there are some scenarios where Drew could be starting next year. I doubt many would have figured Vinny ever being a starter but he did so while I do think Drew will hang them up at the end of the season I do think if a team was in need of a starting QB due to injury or some other reason that Drew may return.

 

[Stautner]

In fairness, I doubt he foresaw getting benched in Week 7 either, and with retirement you just never know with some guys. Its easy to say "I'll walk away", its harder to do.

That said, my bet is on retirement. But it wouldn't shock me if tried to find a starting job somewhere where he had a chance to win a job.

Heck, Kerry Collins found a (brief) starting gig 3 weeks into TC.

Regardless, if Romo plays out he's done here.

It's easy to see why he didn't follow through with the retirement talk after being benched. He's trying to be a stand up guy and he knows that leaving now would put us in a huge bind for depth at QB.

After the season is over is another thing altogether. He can walk away knowing the team has several months to figure out their QB depth situation.

He won't come back knowing in advance that it would be as a back-up only.

 

[Stautner]

Bledsoe will be the backup for the Steelers:

I think Bledsoe will have a hard time finding starters work because of his age. Bledsoe NEEDS a solid OL to perform, and any team with a good OL to block will be more willing to take a chance on a younger guy because that line can protect him (or maybe they have their starting QB already). So in that sense I see Bledsoe landing a backup role where the OL is soilid and the starting QB is similar to him. For me, that's Pittsburgh, where Bledsoe is Big, like Big-Ben, and a pocket-passer, like Big-Ben. Pitt also likes to use the running game to help out the passing game, so again, it plays into Bledsoe's strengths. And with Big-Ben's recent injury concerns, their need for a solid backup will be prime.

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Once again, to believe this you have to believe that Romo was lying about not being interested in being a back up and that he would rather retire than be a back-up.

Besides, Charlie Batch is an adequate back-up in Pittsburgh and will likely be agreeble to holding that role for several years. No reason for Pittsburgh to look elsewhere for a backup.

 

[joseephuss]

It's easy to see why he didn't follow through with the retirement talk after being benched. He's trying to be a stand up guy and he knows that leaving now would put us in a huge bind for depth at QB.

After the season is over is another thing altogether. He can walk away knowing the team has several months to figure out their QB depth situation.

He won't come back knowing in advance that it would be as a back-up only.

Or any situation where he could possibly be benched to get a younger QB in the game like this season.

The odds are he will retire because he will want to and there won't be many great options for him. I look at all the teams and I don't see any good options after this season for Bledsoe as a starter. The really bad teams either have a young QB they are working with or will get one in the next draft. The playoff caliber teams already have reliable QBs except for Chicago who still have not quite figured out if Grossman is for real.

Maybe Snyder will throw a lot of money Bledsoe's way to start for the Skins.

 

[wileedog]

Once again, to believe this you have to believe that Romo was lying about not being interested in being a back up and that he would rather retire than be a back-up.

Its not so much "lying" about it, I just think he might have problems going out on these terms. While he has been all class about the benching, you can still see in almost everything he says that he thinks Bill made the wrong decision and that he still thinks he can play.

He won't come back here if Romo keeps it up, that's a given. But I will be very surprised if his agent doesn't call every team in the league with a shaky QB situation, and like Collins this year you just never know how things will shake out.

I'd put the odds around 80% that no one is willing to give him a shot at the starting spot on their team and he retires. BUt I was pretty sure Collins was done too. Its a QB starved league, no two ways about it, so you never know.

 

[blindzebra]

Any team with a young QB that has never thrown a pass in the NFL waiting in the wings or who are about to draft one.

Nobody will look at him as a legit starter, just an insurance policy waiting for his 4th kicking to the curb.