Drew Bledsoe

Drew McQueen Bledsoe , born the February 14th 1972 with Ellensburg (Washington), is a player of American football. It is Quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, a frankness from NFL. In 1993, at the time of the draft of NFL, it was selected with the very first row by the New England Patriots. He played then for Washington State University. Drew and his Maura wife (born Healy) have four children: three wire, Stuart McQueen, John Stack and Henry Healy and a girl, Healy Elizabeth.

Career

During its career with the Patriots 1993 - 2001, it beat several records, in particular that of the greatest number of attempts at master keys in one season (691) and that of the greatest number of master keys supplemented in a part (45) in 1994. It led Patriots to the Super Bowl XXXI in 1996, where they underwent defeat 35-21 against the Green Bay Packers. Bledsoe launched for 253 yards but was intercepted four times at the time of the meeting.

Following this defeat, the trainer Bill Parcells left the team for the New York Jets. Under the aegis of the new trainer Pete Carroll, Bledsoe guided Patriots with a second consecutive title champions of division is AFC in 1997. Then, Patriots were overcome 7-6 by the Steelers de Pittsburgh at the time of the match of championship of AFC. In 1998, they were to lose in the match wild-card AFC against the Jacksonville Jaguars. They will miss the series by end of season at the time of the two following years.

Then the episode Tom Brady comes which will push Drew Bledsoe towards the exit of her team of always. Indeed, at the time of the second week of the season 2001, Bledsoe is severely plated by the Linebacker of the Jets of New York Mo Lewis, which will cause at his place an internal bleeding and will move away it from the blow for the remainder of the season. Tom Brady then successfully will take the changing and to start again Patriots on bases which they had not reached any more since of the years and even beyond because the latter then will gain the first Super Bowl of their history, Brady moreover being crowned MVP of the Super Bowl. With the intersaison, Brady having become essential, Bledsoe then decide to try its chance elsewhere and land at the Bills de Buffalo. There will remain three seasons (2002-2004) there, regilding with the passage its blazon by raising this frankness which had fallen very low in 2001.

Drew Bledsoe signs then with the Cowboys of Dallas with orée of the season 2005, thus replacing the quarterback veteran Vinny Testaverde which had signed one year to before try to bring back a little stability to this station to this frankness stripped since the retirement from Troy Aikman. After a first correct season, Bledsoe is renewed with the head of the attack texane at the beginning of the season 2006 but the things then do not turn in the favor of the quarterback. This one does not find its usual level and, at the time of a catastrophic match against the Giants of New York at the time of the eighth week, it is victim of four sacks and an interception. Under the pressure of the dissatisfied public, its substitute hitherto unknown, Tony Romo, are launched on the ground and the trainer Bill Parcells will declare at the end of the match that there will remain from now on titular until new order. Drew Bledsoe did not thus rejoué any more since October 23rd, 2006.

April 11th, 2007, Bledsoe announced its sporting retirement, finishing seventh better frontier runner of all times in launched yards term.

See too

Related article

External bond

  • Profile and statistics on the official site of the NFL

----

Random links:Beaucourt | Alfred Hart Everett | Redhead | David Grossman | Park Sanry-on-Nied | Crique_de_Newtown