ndirish1978 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 "I don't really see myself ever playing backup, particularly for JP" Man if there was a problem between these guys they did an excellent job keeping it under wraps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risin Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 "I don't really see myself ever playing backup, particularly for JP"Man if there was a problem between these guys they did an excellent job keeping it under wraps. 242267[/snapback] Yep, I heard it. He's a true class act. He's just pissed he was replaced by a guy he thinks couldn't carry his jock. Truth be told, at this point in his career, Drew couldn't carry 50% of the QB's in the leagues jock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shameless Homer Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 "I don't really see myself ever playing backup, particularly for JP"Man if there was a problem between these guys they did an excellent job keeping it under wraps. 242267[/snapback] In the context it was meant as a compliment. Essentially I don't want to play backup to a guy who would never play poor enough for me to get back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mary owen Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 In the context it was meant as a compliment. Essentially I don't want to play backup to a guy who would never play poor enough for me to get back in. 242287[/snapback] Drew should hire you as his PR person...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shameless Homer Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Drew should hire you as his PR person...... 242296[/snapback] Frankly I didn't hear it, but it seems to me that that's the way he must have meant it. It really makes no sense as an insult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2003Contenders Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Knowing Drew like we know him, Shameless Homer may be right. Regardless, I don't think Drew meant it as an insult. At worst, he meant from a prideful point of view that he wouldn't be able to back up the guy he once mentored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodnarb Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I thought Drew handled that PC with class...until I heard that backhanded comment. I lost a bit of respect for him when he said that, and perhaps it reveals another side of his character. we already know that he has a skewed perspective of his own abilities, but to make that comment is just low-roading it, no ifs and or buts. don't let the door hitcha that being said...JP had better be an upgrade immediately, or this staff of coaches will look pretty bad. I'm confident that they're right. They really studied it, and came to the conclusion we were all hoping for. And we were hoping for it because Drew just can't get it done when it matters most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 "I don't really see myself ever playing backup, particularly for JP"Man if there was a problem between these guys they did an excellent job keeping it under wraps. 242267[/snapback] I am almost 100% certain this WAS NOT said. The question was did he not want to be a backup period, or just not to JP. He said he did not want to be a backup, no matter who was in front of him. PLease get your quotes str8 before posting here. I am happy Drew is gone, but do not make the guy out to be the second coming of TO or something. Now, he did emphatically he thought he was the BEST choice for the team going forward, implying that he is better than JP, but frankly I would expect any NFL player to say the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buftex Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Frankly I didn't hear it, but it seems to me that that's the way he must have meant it. It really makes no sense as an insult. 242305[/snapback] If you heard the whole thing, Bledsoe went out of his way to compliment the Bills, Losman, and his teammates. I am sure their are some hard feelings (that would only be normal), if this is the best that can be done to dig up dirt, get another shovel...did you catch his very last comment? Parapharasing: "I know when you guys go and write your stories about this conference call, you won't quote everything, but please, don't leave out the fact that I think Bills fans are some of the very best in the leauge." Maybe he doesn't come to TSW after all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 In the context it was meant as a compliment. Essentially I don't want to play backup to a guy who would never play poor enough for me to get back in. 242287[/snapback] Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risin Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I am almost 100% certain this WAS NOT said. The question was did he not want to be a backup period, or just not to JP. He said he did not want to be a backup, no matter who was in front of him. PLease get your quotes str8 before posting here. I am happy Drew is gone, but do not make the guy out to be the second coming of TO or something. Now, he did emphatically he thought he was the BEST choice for the team going forward, implying that he is better than JP, but frankly I would expect any NFL player to say the same thing 242317[/snapback] Dude, quit drinking the kool-aid. He said what he said, and you're calling someone a liar? Can you say knob? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Dude, quit drinking the kool-aid. He said what he said, and you're calling someone a liar? Can you say knob? 242325[/snapback] Pal did you listen to the conferance call. Point out to me where he calls JP out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Exactly. 242322[/snapback] Yep. It's the thin-skinned society of today. Even if he meant it otherwise, so what? If everybody here, including me got 5 lashes for every goofy comment made, we would all be bloody pulps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 please.... IMHO, I think the best explanation is that he wasn't going to be a backup for someone who is just starting to cut his teeth in the league as opposed to being behind Manning or someone similar. In other words, "I wouldn't even consider backing up Peyton Manning, let alone JP Losman."... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John in VA Beach Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Pal did you listen to the conferance call. Point out to me where he calls JP out 242328[/snapback] Bledsoe did add especially not for JP. I though it was interesting and his right to say it. Since that is the worst thing he said in an otherwise friendly goodbye, a lot of you folks got a lot better than you deserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Syracuse Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I guess it's not his team anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nodnarb Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 please.... IMHO, I think the best explanation is that he wasn't going to be a backup for someone who is just starting to cut his teeth in the league as opposed to being behind Manning or someone similar. In other words, "I wouldn't even consider backing up Peyton Manning, let alone JP Losman."... 242335[/snapback] I hope you're right. I was really taken aback when I heard him say that. He did say "I don't think I"d be happy being a backup to anyone, particularly JP" Whatever the motivations are for it, he could have used less misinterpretable words. People will argue tomAYto or tomAHto about it for a week. At the very least, it was a careless comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Dude, quit drinking the kool-aid. He said what he said, and you're calling someone a liar? Can you say knob? 242325[/snapback] Mea Culpa, he does say especially for JP. My bad and my apologies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I hope you're right. I was really taken aback when I heard him say that. He did say "I don't think I"d be happy being a backup to anyone, particularly JP" Whatever the motivations are for it, he could have used less misinterpretable words. People will argue tomAYto or tomAHto about it for a week. At the very least, it was a careless comment. 242345[/snapback] Sure, but he's speaking off the cuff, so mangling words is not unheard of. The guy doesn't think of himself as a backup and certainly not one to a guy who has thrown 5 NFL passes... I don't see what the big deal is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndirish1978 Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 he definately said that, i JUST listened to it. I dunno whether it reflects on maybe some bitterness like TH saying his job was not lost it was given away on Jan 3 or if he meant he didnt think JP was not good enough to lead the team or what. I was just commenting that he DID say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJsackedagain Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Would you want to back up a guy with little experience when you have been a starter for almost 12 years in the league? Uh, the answer is NO! Cut Bledsoe some slack .... at least the dude wants to earn his paycheck even if his skills are declining and the game is too fast for him now to be an effective starter. After the whole mess with Flutie and Johnson and the Todd Collins Experiment, the Bills could have done a lot worse at QB the past 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 He was struggling for words at the end of that question. He is still angry and bitter..."no two bit almost rookie is better than me" is basically my interpretation of this. The guy is a competitor with 12 years experience--JP is unproven. JP needs to prove himself and now he has the opportunity... Give Drew a break on this one--just like Donahoe when we he had his brain fart at the Williams firing press conference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSJayDee Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 How 'bout just that their styles and strengths are so disparate that it wouldn't be a good fit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 How 'bout just that their styles and strengths are so disparate that it wouldn't be a good fit? 242367[/snapback] The tone of voice kind of eliminates that....it was said a little in disgust (like "are you effing kidding me, back up JP???)....just my read of what I heard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plenzmd1 Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 he definately said that, i JUST listened to it. I dunno whether it reflects on maybe some bitterness like TH saying his job was not lost it was given away on Jan 3 or if he meant he didnt think JP was not good enough to lead the team or what. I was just commenting that he DID say it. 242357[/snapback] AS I posted earlier, y'all were absolutely correct and I was wrong. Maybe I was just hoping he didn't say it. Again, my aplogies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shameless Homer Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 The tone of voice kind of eliminates that....it was said a little in disgust (like "are you effing kidding me, back up JP???)....just my read of what I heard. 242372[/snapback] This is funny stuff. The dynamics are always the same. Player leaves town for whatever reason and we rush to prove "he was an **** anyway" By this time next week Bledsoe will be discovered to be gay, raped a girl scout, and someone will reveal that they saw him at a bar leave only a 10% tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 By this time next week Bledsoe will be discovered to be gay, raped a girl scout, and someone will reveal that they saw him at a bar leave only a 10% tip. 242387[/snapback] ...and he drinks Pabst Blue Ribbon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gross Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 This is funny stuff. The dynamics are always the same. Player leaves town for whatever reason and we rush to prove "he was an **** anyway" By this time next week Bledsoe will be discovered to be gay, raped a girl scout, and someone will reveal that they saw him at a bar leave only a 10% tip. 242387[/snapback] I was just about to say that new parents ought to feel safer that there's one less baby-eater in Buffalo.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 This is funny stuff. The dynamics are always the same. Player leaves town for whatever reason and we rush to prove "he was an **** anyway" By this time next week Bledsoe will be discovered to be gay, raped a girl scout, and someone will reveal that they saw him at a bar leave only a 10% tip. 242387[/snapback] Do you know a poster named Oneida Lake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeF Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 This is funny stuff. The dynamics are always the same. Player leaves town for whatever reason and we rush to prove "he was an **** anyway" By this time next week Bledsoe will be discovered to be gay, raped a girl scout, and someone will reveal that they saw him at a bar leave only a 10% tip. 242387[/snapback] Nope--this is one quote from a press conference--that was obviously said in anger. Drew Bledsoe is a class act, always will be---he's just been faced with being told he's not good enough for probably the second time in his life (the other time was in NE when he recovered from injury and didn't go back in to replace Brady, but that was tempered by someone trading a first round draft pick for him). He just proved he was a little bit human. No rapist or !@#$ feeling here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shameless Homer Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Do you know a poster named Oneida Lake? 242394[/snapback] No, why do you ask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Bledsoe didn't want to backup Brady, whom he mentored and was a (player who shouldn't have won a) SB MVP (but did). Why would he want to backup a guy he mentored but hasn't proven anything? Another way to take it is that he doens't see much in Losman yet, i.e. he's not even close to Bledsoe. And if you think Bledsoe sucks, you should be scared shitless by that thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 No, why do you ask? 242398[/snapback] Just wondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleTheWagons Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 The only possible reason we are worried about what Drew thinks is that we believe he has some insight into JPs ability and he thinks he sucks. I'm not going to start trusting Drew's analysis NOW I hope JP heard the comments and we get to play against Drew's new team this year AND their starting qb is injured so Drew can play against our D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 There is way too much overreacting going on here. Let it go already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDS Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Bledsoe didn't want to backup Brady, whom he mentored and was a (player who shouldn't have won a) SB MVP (but did). Why would he want to backup a guy he mentored but hasn't proven anything? Another way to take it is that he doens't see much in Losman yet, i.e. he's not even close to Bledsoe. And if you think Bledsoe sucks, you should be scared shitless by that thought. 242399[/snapback] yeah, this from a guy who would rather have a 4 second alarm clock go off in practice, than walk away with an ounce of dignity. His judgement is spot on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26CornerBlitz Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Bledsoe didn't want to backup Brady, whom he mentored and was a (player who shouldn't have won a) SB MVP (but did). Why would he want to backup a guy he mentored but hasn't proven anything? Another way to take it is that he doens't see much in Losman yet, i.e. he's not even close to Bledsoe. And if you think Bledsoe sucks, you should be scared shitless by that thought. 242399[/snapback] Why be scared? DB's big talk about loving the preparation, practice and the game doesn't translate to a high level of play on the field. He's just jealous of JP at this point and his big impression of his abilities at this juncture are a figment of his own pride and ego. I understand that...He used to be damn good. Good Luck to the Guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eSJayDee Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 ... discovered to be gay, raped a girl scout Common man, be serious. If he was gay, why would he rape a girl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynical Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 This is funny stuff. The dynamics are always the same. Player leaves town for whatever reason and we rush to prove "he was an **** anyway" By this time next week Bledsoe will be discovered to be gay, raped a girl scout, and someone will reveal that they saw him at a bar leave only a 10% tip. 242387[/snapback] He left a tip? I heard he walked out on the bill. Poor waitress had to pay the entire $300 tab from her meager paycheck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike in Syracuse Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 yeah, this from a guy who would rather have a 4 second alarm clock go off in practice, than walk away with an ounce of dignity. His judgement is spot on... 242416[/snapback] Not just any guy, an 11 year veteran with multiple pro bowl appearances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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