Billsfanatic8989 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 First off, were you surprised New England would trade a great QB to a division rival? It's not as if Brady was Brady yet either. Secondly, why didn't it work out the way many anticipated it would? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 What do you mean 'didn't work out'? He had almost exactly the same per-season stats in Buffalo as he did in NE. He was who Rico thought he was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) I lived in NE at the time and Bledsoe was done. The game was evolving and he was being left behind. He came to Buffalo and played 8 good games and then was atrocious. He had a losing record, less than 200 yards a game and as many turnovers as TDs. If people expected it to be different it’s because they werent paying attention to the player that Bledsoe had become. BB didn’t think twice about sending him to the Bills for a 1st. Edited October 3, 2018 by Kirby Jackson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Almighty Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I think it was his statue-esque performance, that may be the reason it didn't workout. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, Starr Almighty said: I think it was his statue-esque performance, that may be the reason it didn't workout. He couldn’t shake that desire to extend his statue stance for two more seconds under extreme pressure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bills11 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I wasnt surprised at all tbh...belichick traded him because he knew bledsoe had limitations..he wasnt gonna trade garapolo to buffalo unless we gave him a ditka or vikings to cowboys type haul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fergie's ire Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 Statuesque and also had a tendency to stare down his receiver. Had probably always done it, but had the arm strength to gun it in even when the defense knew where it was going. Once he lost just a few miles per hour off his fastball, it became a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machine gun kelly Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 I never had anything against him until I listened to NFLR last year, and he basically trashed Buffalo. He was past his prime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmur66 Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 He actually spent some time in Dallas too before Romo took his job. I forgot about that until I saw A Football Life on Romo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoTier Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) Bledsoe in Buffalo is a quintessential example of how a good/decent QB can be sabotaged when he doesn't have protection and targets. It's why I've said repeatedly that the currrent Bills are setting up Josh Allen to fail because they haven't provided him with either protection or targets, just like the Bills did with Bledsoe. In 2002, when Bledsoe had a decent OL and an excellent receiving corps (Eric Moulds, Peerless Price, Jay Reimersma, Larry Centers, etc) plus a decent running game, he threw for 4359 yards (breaking Kelly's record), 24 TDs, 15 INTs, and made the Pro Bowl. After that first season, the Bills essentially dismantled their offense in order to build up their defense, and Bledsoe became a convenient scapegoat for the failure of the Bills organization to hire good coaches, draft well, and manage the cap ... pretty much what they've continued to do up to the present day. Edited October 3, 2018 by SoTier 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teef Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 7 minutes ago, SoTier said: Bledsoe in Buffalo is a quintessential example of how a good/decent QB can be sabotaged when he doesn't have protection and targets. It's why I've said repeatedly that the currrent Bills are setting up Josh Allen to fail because they haven't provided him with either protection or targets, just like the Bills did with Bledsoe. In 2002, when Bledsoe had a decent OL and an excellent receiving corps (Eric Moulds, Peerless Price, Jay Reimersma, Larry Centers, etc) plus a decent running game, he threw for 4359 yards (breaking Kelly's record), 24 TDs, 15 INTs, and made the Pro Bowl. After that first season, the Bills essentially dismantled their offense in order to build up their defense, and Bledsoe became a convenient scapegoat for the failure of the Bills organization to hire good coaches, draft well, and manage the cap ... pretty much what they've continued to do up to the present day. during those couple of years, i remembered they moved on from peerless, but also drafted mike williams to help the line, (which we all know how that turned out) but i honestly don't remember what other changes were made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homey D. Clown Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 7 minutes ago, SoTier said: Bledsoe in Buffalo is a quintessential example of how a good/decent QB can be sabotaged when he doesn't have protection and targets. It's why I've said repeatedly that the currrent Bills are setting up Josh Allen to fail because they haven't provided him with either protection or targets, just like the Bills did with Bledsoe. In 2002, when Bledsoe had a decent OL and an excellent receiving corps (Eric Moulds, Peerless Price, Jay Reimersma, Larry Centers, etc) plus a decent running game, he threw for 4359 yards (breaking Kelly's record), 24 TDs, 15 INTs, and made the Pro Bowl. After that first season, the Bills essentially dismantled their offense in order to build up their defense, and Bledsoe became a convenient scapegoat for the failure of the Bills organization to hire good coaches, draft well, and manage the cap ... pretty much what they've continued to do up to the present day. I almost disagreed with you, until I stopped being lazy and read your second paragraph. It's so hard to imagine a worse scenario for Beldsoe to succeed with the moves they pulled. Drafting a solid tackle with the picks they had could have made all the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 (edited) 33 minutes ago, SoTier said: Bledsoe in Buffalo is a quintessential example of how a good/decent QB can be sabotaged when he doesn't have protection and targets. It's why I've said repeatedly that the currrent Bills are setting up Josh Allen to fail because they haven't provided him with either protection or targets, just like the Bills did with Bledsoe. In 2002, when Bledsoe had a decent OL and an excellent receiving corps (Eric Moulds, Peerless Price, Jay Reimersma, Larry Centers, etc) plus a decent running game, he threw for 4359 yards (breaking Kelly's record), 24 TDs, 15 INTs, and made the Pro Bowl. After that first season, the Bills essentially dismantled their offense in order to build up their defense, and Bledsoe became a convenient scapegoat for the failure of the Bills organization to hire good coaches, draft well, and manage the cap ... pretty much what they've continued to do up to the present day. The problem is it wasn’t the 2002 season. It was half of the 2002 season. From week 9 on he averaged 212 yards a game, and his team was 3-5. He threw 8 TDs, was picked 10 times, sacked 24 times and lost 4 fumbles. He was right back to being the sub-par QB that he was prior to those 8 games. It wasn’t “everything but the 8 games was an aberration,” the 8 games were the aberration. Edited October 3, 2018 by Kirby Jackson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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