We woould have been better off w/Jay Fiedler

[Badattitude]

I'm no fan of his but he can move and he's tough -with the offensive line becoming an even bigger Question mark than last years( I cannot believe I'm saying that) I can't see Bledsoe lasting more than 3-4 games before either getting A)Hurt B) Pulled for Crapiness.

-The bigger question : how come it took a HOF coach till crunch time to realize his biggest problem was at RT - when people on this board, myself included(pats back) told him 4 months ago that Rivera was a start ....not a finish.

I'm disgusted with him.

 

[Eddie]

We can't solve all our problems at once. We can just do our best and take care of what we can take care of.

I don't think RT will be THAT big of an issue. He's to Pettiti stepping up and making us proud.

 

[thewivil]

Bledsoe won't be pulled for his inability to play well. Parcells will stick with him just like he stuck with Vinny last year. The only way Romo or Henson will see the field is if he's injured.

And how is the offensive line a bigger question mark this year when the only real concern is at RT and last year was at center, RT and RG?

 

[austintodallas]

Jay Fiedler? I would much rather see Tony Romo or Drew Henson play in the event Bledsoe goes down. It's time to give the young guys their shot for better or for worse.

 

[jksmith269]

Jay Fiedler? I would much rather see Tony Romo or Drew Henson play in the event Bledsoe goes down. It's time to give the young guys their shot for better or for worse.

I never thought I'd agree with a statement like this until I read BA's post. I'd rather have Couch over Fiedler

 

[joseephuss]

The experienced veteran QBs that have been available since Parcells arival in Dallas has been terrible. Kerry Collins has probably been the best and he is not that great. He certainly isn't mobile. Fielder is terrible. Vinny, Bledsoe, Garcia, Warner, Couch, Flutie and anyone else you want to list don't inspire much confidence. Delhomme would have been a decent choice, but at the time he was an unexperienced veteran.

That leaves developing a young guy. Carter failed, Hutch failed and now it is up to Henson and Romo.

 

[Hostile]

uke:

 

[jsond]

Jay Fiedler? I am as or more worried about Bledsoe than most fans. I know we are pretty inexperienced at backup too. However I would rather see ANY of them start over this guy.

 

[Tio]

Uhh...ditto that...

 

[BlueWave]

Mobile? I'm so sick of heraing about mobility. Read the quote below. It rings true.

Some of you people have gotten ridiculous about the QB thing, as always. Wait till Tuesday morning, everyone will be in love with Bledsoe again, for a little while.

Dealing with some of these posters emotional rollercoasters is the equivalent of having a seven year old daughter.

 

[ravidubey]

Fiedler? He re-defined the term "bus driver".

As for being tough, Bledsoe is tough as nails, tougher than anyone I can think of except Brett "Vicodin" Favre. Drew Bledsoe won a game throwing deep passes with a broken index finger that required a pin. That's tough. He got up after each and every one of those famous 150 sacks and gave his backup not a single pass except in garbage time. The last time he was hurt, he was bleeding internally from a fluke hit to the abdomen which he almost died from. And talk about mentally tough, that same year he rode the bench with class while the team he almost died for replaced him with Brady. He did that because the team was WINNING. He still came off the bench to carry that team through the AFC Championship game with Brady injured.

Bledsoe holds the ball too long. Bledsoe often fumbles when he's sacked. Bledsoe has trouble with the blitz. Fine-- discuss these arguable points all you like, but don't question his toughness.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Fiedler? He re-defined the term "bus driver".

 

[Doomsday101]

Count me as one who is in Bledsoe corner!! Not expecting Pro Bowl numbers but I do think we can win with him at QB.

 

[Kangaroo]

Jat Fiedler would have been great because you knwo he is going to get dinged good and miss some playing time; giving one of the young guys a chance :

 

[jsond]

Jat Fiedler would have been great because you knwo he is going to get dinged good and miss some playing time; giving one of the young guys a chance :

either that or just play so horribly that he would be benched.

 

[kartr]

Fiedler? He re-defined the term "bus driver".

As for being tough, Bledsoe is tough as nails, tougher than anyone I can think of except Brett "Vicodin" Favre. Drew Bledsoe won a game throwing deep passes with a broken index finger that required a pin. That's tough. He got up after each and every one of those famous 150 sacks and gave his backup not a single pass except in garbage time. The last time he was hurt, he was bleeding internally from a fluke hit to the abdomen which he almost died from. And talk about mentally tough, that same year he rode the bench with class while the team he almost died for replaced him with Brady. He did that because the team was WINNING. He still came off the bench to carry that team through the AFC Championship game with Brady injured.

Bledsoe holds the ball too long. Bledsoe often fumbles when he's sacked. Bledsoe has trouble with the blitz. Fine-- discuss these arguable points all you like, but don't question his toughness.

Bledsoe didn't carry anybody. The Pats won that game with defense and special teams. Brady/Bledsoe combined for just 10 offensive points and had less yards passing than Kordell Stewart(250 yards passing).

 

[burmafrd]

I watched that game- Pats would not have won without Bledsoe there. Simple as that.
Just like we would not have won if we had not had Kosar there that one NFC champ game. Bledsoe has NEVER been questioned as regards desire or competitiveness or guts. Holding the ball- YES. But look at how many QB's get rattled and through it too fast. It is RARE to see someone stand there willing to get splattered time and again, have it HAPPEN time and again, and still stand in there.

 

[kartr]

The experienced veteran QBs that have been available since Parcells arival in Dallas has been terrible. Kerry Collins has probably been the best and he is not that great. He certainly isn't mobile. Fielder is terrible. Vinny, Bledsoe, Garcia, Warner, Couch, Flutie and anyone else you want to list don't inspire much confidence. Delhomme would have been a decent choice, but at the time he was an unexperienced veteran.

That leaves developing a young guy. Carter failed, Hutch failed and now it is up to Henson and Romo.

Develop a young guy. Don't you get it. Parcells doesn't have faith in these young qbs, that's why he brought Bledsoe here. He's not going to admit this publicly cause he doesn't want to them get down on themselves and for his personal pride. But deep down he already knows he's failed with these guys, he just has to let the string play out itself just in case.

 

[joseephuss]

Bledsoe didn't carry anybody. The Pats won that game with defense and special teams. Brady/Bledsoe combined for just 10 offensive points and had less yards passing than Kordell Stewart(250 yards passing).

Kordel Stewart. That is another crappy veteran that has been available and not worth bringing in. Seems like only a handful of teams have a good QB these days. Most like Dallas have to rely on average the term I hate "bus drivers" to guide the offense while they try to win with a running game, defense and special teams.

 

[BARRYRAY]

This is the week the real Cowboys show up including Bledsoe, the rt thing is overrrated because we got TE helping out on that side, really it will be ok, the thing that is really going to get us is that as the season grinds along I'm worried about some of those old brittle bones at WR, but you know our injuries so far haven't been that bad compared to other teams....