I wasn't necessarily a Pats fan then, but I was a Bledsoe and Ben Coats fan. I loved me some Terry Glenn, too. They were really THAT good. And I was a Brady fan from the moment he took over...but in my mind, it never diminished how good Bledsoe was.
@@hrhopeful1120 I have a brother in law by marriage who threw to both Terry Glenn and Joey Galloway, his name I think is Bobby Hoying, I met him at a family barbecue, thank you for mentioning Coates, he seems to be forgotten but in his prime, his reception numbers were like a regular receiver, I'm about to watch Jets vs. Patriots, if Pats lose, they face Dallas next week.
Absolutely! Every pats fan remembers why we were able to even draft drew Bledsoe. We were a horrible team and drew was our first round pick and bam! We have a good quarterback! Drew was a top five quarterback and he was ours. He was the leader that took us to the superbowl in “95”. Us pats fans actually had something to be proud of. I’m of the opinion that Pete Carroll really damaged Drew’s career. Then enter bill belichek and drew had a great coaching staff to help him get back to the great quarterback he was. As a football player, you don’t choose injuries! Injuries choose you! Tom Brady got his opportunity and never gave it up. But that doesn’t change anything about drew Bledsoe. He was a great player for many years and I as a lifelong patriots fan am grateful for drew Bledsoe and his contribution to our team! Patriots nation still loves you drew!
Drew Bledsoe made the New England Patriots relevant in the NFL. I got his rookie card. First NFL jersey. Pats fan for life. Drew is as classy as it comes.
Drew is a class act. When he left us here in New England for Buffalo he took out the entire back page of the Boston Globe thanking the fans for all the great memories we gave him. We will always love Drew.
That's where Bellichick needed to take a lesson from him. Kraft wanted Drew to start but going with Brady i didn't think was the smarter decision still don't, cause the team was behind Drew, and at any course Drew could have tore that team apart, Brady is the luckiest son of a gun cause of this guy!! Brady was taught by this guy!! Drew was the old type of gunslinger, and Drew should have came back and had his job given back to him. He had the talent to earn those SBs. Brady dint have the talent that Drew did. If Drew doesn't win that AFC championship Brady doesn't win those SBs. Serious as a ❤️ attack. Drew is a class act. And Pete Carol was the worst thing for NE. As well Bellichick was Cheap as it got. Drew could have gotten 8 or 9 seriously. That's how good he was!!
Drew handled that situation with as much class as anyone in his situation could have. He could have become a cancer on that team and divided the locker room, but he didn't. True dawg!
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Alot of people forget that during the 2001 run, bledsoe stepped in, in the playoffs and won a playoff game for the pats. Its probable without him there wouldn't have been a dynasty.
He had a good game and I remember at work we were all debating do we stick with Drew again or go back to Brady. People forget that was a legitimate debate among pats fans for that 1 week.
Yeah, I remember he marched into Pittsburgh in the AFC Championship after Brady got hurt and was out for the game, and reminded people why he was the starter at the beginning of the season. I was disappointed that Belichick didn't even let him take a snap in the Super Bowl.
Drew is a legend. There was no way he could have known he would or better yet deserved to be somehow associated with Tom Brady’s shadow. The guy is a phenomenal talent and we all love him. Such great insight and words of wisdom from a man who must have been through a roller coaster life. Cheers Drew 🍻
Marino vs Bledsoe in the 1994 opener at Miami is one of the greatest regular season games imo it was the young gunslinger against the old gunslinger coming off a major injury. What a game!!!!! Dolphins won 39-35.
Lifelong Pats fan since '75 and I loved Drew....but meeting Drew "Doubleback" Bledsoe as a wine merchant made me love him even more. His courteous humility and great success in winemaking makes him tops on my list of real people. Miss ya Drew!
I went to Oregon State football camp with Drew as a kid a couple of years in the late 80's. Even then he had the most insane arm I had ever experienced - throwing 50yd field goals on his knees with some other kid from Utah if I remember correctly. Catching a flood from him came in at a speed that was not imaginable. Fantastic person!
My former AD Kent weiser was the Associate AD at Oregon State. Retired at my university of Emporia State University D2 NCAA. I always had a respect level for Drew.
As a lifelong Bostonian and Pats fan who was in my early 20’s in the end of the 90’s, I know how good you were Drew. I remember running into you, ZO, and a few others out and about in Boston, was always a great time. As far as a QB, you completely changed the culture of the Patriots. You were one of the toughest QB’s I’ve ever seen. Winning a game on a TD pass with pins sticking out of your index finger on your throwing hand is legendary. I always thought you should’ve started the SB in ‘01. I always will appreciate what you did here. One last thing, it definitely must’ve felt good when you laid a beating on the Pats game 1 in ‘03 after they cut your boy Lawyer.
Lawyer Milloy was my favorite player, that news was a shock. I was baffled and dumbfounded and actually happy the Bills kicked our ass that day. Haha. Go Pats.
Real Patriots fans know that Bledsoe is the man. He showed a whole generation of young fans what it means to be a teammate and how to lead by example. The guy is pure class. Not alot of people would be able to handle getting replaced and benched by a younger teammate not once but twice in his career (people forget he was also replaced by Romo).
Love you Drew. A Patriots fan since I was 5. Watched them since the late 70s. It was Grogan, Bledsoe, and Brady for me. Love all of you. You guys in around 1993 with Parcels changed everything. I have your first weird race car Jersey from the early 90s. Brady is awesome, but people forget how great you were as well. I remember watching you in the draft. You are not forgotten ❤️.
I stand by his 05 season idc what anyone says. They knew what they had in Tony Romo but signed him to 3 years 23 mil anyways. They should’ve signed him in ‘02. Classic cowboys management
He got penned as such an asshole when he left the patriots but everything since has really shown how awesome of a dude he is! Coming in in the AFC championship and the absolute legend move when he told Tom just to fuck it and sling it in the Super Bowl. Dude is just a straight up legend. Love the interview Chris!
Awesome interview - was great to hear from the guy before Brady - not realising just how good he was as a QB and person. Best of luck to all the Bledsoe family.
Watch some of his games or highlights. He had an absolute cannon! Before him, we were a joke coming off of a 2-14 season.....in his second season,at 22 he led the entire NFL in passing! This was old-school rules where d.backs could basically block WR's on routes and jam them up to 10 yds, and safeties could headhunt the middle, QB's were allowed to be hit as hard as possible.....3k passing yds was the mark of a solid season and 4k was EXTREMELY rare, even for the top guys...and at 22 he had over 4600 passing yds! In his fourth year(3rd starting full season) he led us to a Superbowl and we were a legit postseason thteat from there on..... he made those 3-13, 2-14 seasons before he came a distant memory and was the first guy that gave Pats fans reason to believe! His decision making wasn't the greatest and he trusted his arm too much for his own good at times and he lacked mobility, but he was a tough dude that could literally make any/every throw!
Bledsoe is a pure class act. For those of us who witnessed his career from his bad night at the Paradise to the Super Bowl to his graceful torch pass to Brady the guy was always straight up with everyone. You won't hear many New Englanders say a bad word about him, he's a legend
I love ❤️ this guy! I saw the play live were he almost had his spleen knocked out of his body! You'll never find a tougher QB still love this dude he's old-school! Rock on Drew!!!
Bledsoe's a class act. What a great interview with one of my favorite QB's of all time. I'm glad he's able to be successful after football in something he truly enjoys. Thanks for sharing, this really made my day. Keep up the good work.
I got Drew’s rookie football card. Great player, people don’t know New England was a terrible team when they drafted him and how quick he turned it around. Good interview!
Drew and Parcells turned the Patriots franchise into what it became. We got season tickets in 1994 and I remember sitting on those old metal bleachers watching Drew connect to Ben Coates.
As a kid i went to see a Patriots practice with one of my brothers and my father. Bledsoe was the last guy off the field (by a long shot) and we waited by the exit for him. He tossed his sweat bands to the crowd. My brother got one and i got the other. I still have that beat up nfl sweatband almost 25 years later. He took the time to sign EVERYTHING that people were holding out for him too. His touchdown pass in the '00/'01 playoffs against the steelers after brady got hurt is still one of my favorite sports moments...that and his stage dive at the evercleat concert🎉
Life Patriots fan here. Im 36 today but when i fell in love with Football Drew Bledsoe was the Man. Top tier QB that was a pocket passer Gunslinger with a big ACCURATE ARM. When he got hit and Brady came in i thought we was SCREWED 😂 BOY WAS I WRONG !! BUT still drew was really good and ppl forget how good he really was we just got lucky and this San Mateo Kid had a burning desire to learn to he great and MAN DID HE EVER! MOE LAID THE BOOM but Drew was still amazing so THANK YOU DREW BLEDSOE WE THANK YOU BROTHER. GO PATS
Drew bledsoe AFC championship game against the Steelers sliced through the Steelers number one defense scored the first offensive touchdown .thank you Drew
Thank you Drew I appreciate what you did for us.... we wouldn't have been ready without you an wouldn't have won 2001 without you... saved us in Pitt absolutely a beast professional ready to roll after not playing since getting nearly killed... nothing but help for this kid. An then say hey kid I got this be ready
Bledsoe was the man back in the day. I’ll never forget that Super Bowl vs Green Bay and Favre…we were so close but yet so far away. Tom Terrific made up for that with 20 years of being spoiled here in New England. Drew handled that transition with the upmost class.
Still really like drew as a person, and he was part of the change of the patriots culture, and Chris long, thank you for helping us bring our 5th super bowl title to New England
Drew only a few years older than me and like he said Drew was Damn Good for the time he was playing during rip your head off smash the Quarterback Era.
Drew Bledsoe was the only idol I have ever had in my life and I love him for it! My Dad forced us to watch the Pats when they were a dumpster fire that was running the Zolaks and Easons to start at QB and just to win literally a COUPLE of games and hope the Pats weren't as embarrassing as the previous season. That was the best we could hope for when I was a young kid just learning the game, so you can imagine how mind numbingly boring that was at that age! I was much more familiar w/other teams and players! Then, I remember my Dad saying we should have dtafted Rick Mirer from Notre Dame at #1 overall. Then, literally the first start Drew made, during the first series or two, he suddenly changed his tune and anointed Bledsoe as the right pick! Even at a young age, I could see that Drew's arm was different.....and during his tenure, I actually looked forward to the Pats games! We were suddenly no longer a joke and became a legitimate postseason threat! Along the way, seeing Drew pass for like 4600 yds.in like his second season....when 3k was the plateau for passing yds, and 4k was extremely rare,even for the top guys, this 22 y.o playing for US did it, and I would play football w/my friends emulating him! We made that SB and if we didn't keep Brisby around to that point, didn't single White and played kick coverage, who knows? Lol! Then the pin in his finger, still throwing darts half the field long, and so on and so on. I grew up w/Drew! His TD to Patten in the AFC championship is how I remember him moving on! I was bitter and didn't accept Brady for a couple seasons, until he actually threw down field passes! Lol! Drew wasn't a top tier QB all told, but he was certainly higher end. His arm alone and what passes were possible because of that,his toughness and cool leadership made him special. His decision making at times,maybe trust in that cannon...and mobility were his problems at times! No matter what is said, Drew Bledsoe is the first guy that gave Patriots fans reason to believe! In his second season, he led the entire league in passing and in his Fourth he led us to the Superbowl.... suddenly that 2-14 season that led him to be our#1 pick seemed so long ago! Drew is a rare breed that you can let your kid put faith in and trust to be a class act! Will always be my guy! Thanks #11!
Very very cool man!!! I love hearing from drew and that he’s doing well in his life. Lifelong patriots fan here and I’m saying thank you drew! Thank you Chris aswell! Your contribution to our patriots was stellar and fruitful!!
I remember Bledsoe because I've been a Jaguars fan since they first became a team, and their second season they made it to the AFC Championship...against the Bledsoe-led Patriots. Bledsoe took the Patriots to the Super Bowl, and while they lost, I remember him being an incredible quarterback.
Sup Drew! Bledsoe to Coates was epic. Terry Glenn, Bruce Armstrong, Slade, Curtis "my man" Martin. Started it all, did the dirty work to earn respect in the league. Parcells too, Pats legends. Dynasty never happens without Drew saving the day in Pittsburgh. Thanks man. 🙏
I’m the biggest TB12 fan there is… But Drew Bledsoe was always one of my favorites. Class and a really good baller. So much respect and admiration for him!
Drew will always be a Pats legend, dude was a good QB. I never saw him play with the Pats unfortunately, i was born in 96, year he brought us to the Super Bowl. But ive seen countless games and highlights on here, including that Miami game in 94 and he could sling it
Met Drew (over the phone) back in like 2000 when interviewing him for my article in Patriots Football Weekly. Then met him in person while on vacation in Whitefish, he was test driving a white Porsche. Couldn't have been nicer n more down to earth.
Drew Bledsoe was a great QB who was fun to watch because he was so good and innovative on the fly. He really was one of the best in the league. Great interview. Great Man. I will say that in addition to John Elway, Payton Manning also did his mic drop exit after SB50, as a Bronco ironically
I wish I could meet Drew and tell him how unappreciated he was in NE. I wish His career ended as Tom's started. But everything happens for a reason and Drew Bledsoe is PURE CLASS ACT
drew bledsoe was a gentleman,when i was young i catered up in the clubhouse when the team would eat during their training camp,we would bring the food hot and just bring it and leave it for them mso this day i was late and brought up the food late,and the guys started in on the food with no utensils and when i came back to deliver them these guys started giving me a real hard time.there was a guy digging lasagna out of the pan with his hands,so bledsoe comes in and stops all the team when he said give the man a chance to feed us,its just his job not his fault,that gave me the best respect for a man and leader.
Drew gets over looked because Brady was a phenom. His Pats career essentially ended as Tom's started. Drew was the first really good QB the Pats had acquired in a super long time back in 93. Now that the Pats are struggling it is interesting to look back and remember how good he was and how hard it is to be a good QB in the league.
He came out right when I first got into football. Was the first player I became a fan of and followed. Will always have a soft spot for Drew. Also: Reggie White was such a beast. Would literally pick up and throw 330lb linemen with one hand, I'd never seen anything like it before (or since).
Drew Bledsoe is one of, if not the first, quarterback to usher in the sling it all day gameplan. Yes, they still had a great running game, but i remember the talking heads just could not believe how many times the Pats were passing thr ball. It was new-ish, Marino and Kelly, to name a couple, were great passers, but my opinion is Drew was the first young QB of that era to pave the way for the likes of Brees, Manning etc.
3k passing yds was the mark of a great season back then. When Drew was 22 y.o, he led the NFL in passing w/over 4600 yds. Lol. The thing that made it extra crazy, was that he did this while playing for Bill Parcells....THE definition of a smashmouth, run first head coach! Early on, Parcells conceded that "If we want to move the damn ball, it's gonna' be w/the kid's arm"! Early on, before Curtis Martin, our running backs were atrocious! (Marion Butts, anyone?) Bledsoe had 70+ attempts in a single game that year! Lol.
As a lifelong New Englander and Pats fan, I'll always respect and appreciate Drew Bledsoe. He came in with Bill Parcells and Robert Kraft and began to turn the franchise around. The Pats had some good teams in the 70s and 80s, but eventually bad ownership left the team in a really bad state in the early 90s. He eventually lost his job to a better QB (some guy named Brady), but there's no shame in that. He should be very proud of his career. Thanks for everything, Drew.
I watched one of those games against the firemen Patriots players in the 80s and the one that stood out to me the most was Doug flutie. Just seeing how great of an athlete he was just playing basketball
Bledsoe key to changing the franchise. I remember every kid in school having a Bledsoe jersey. Now he always comes off like a guy just nailing his post playing career. Super cool, healthy, owning a winery? Good for him.
10:25-Drew Bledose made a great point because I am just getting over a hand and wrist injury from falling during a football game, Playing O-Line happen to get caught in a crowd of bodies and I fell right on top of my hand because I stuck it out to catch myself. Damn now I know.
Drew is awesome. Not a footnote to bradys career. He was a strait baller and took the pats to the superbowl and helped change the culture there. And was pretty damn good for my bills as well. Great guy loved watching him play.
Growing up in the Philippines, American football was never broadcast there, but there was this one obscure cable channel that broadcast Super Bowl XXXV when the Patriots won and I was instantly a fan. But yeah, I've only ever been a football and Patriots fan since I saw that game in 2001. I guess I'm a hipster fan who came along post 2000 then lol
Like everything in life, it's how you carry yourself. More Pats fans are always welcome. The old school fans of any team will have a history and a standard, New England is no different. Go Pats!
I loved Drew Bledsoe as a kid had one of the pats jerseys with the lighter blue. Then when I was about 8 y.o. or so Brady came around. Always kind of felt bad for Drew. He was a good QB and a franchise QB, had been around for many years in New England. On another team he probably would be THE qb that fans remember fondly and first, like Philip Rivers is to the Chargers, but it was fate. Anyway, I have always been so glad that he came in to win that 2001 AFC Championship. It was somewhat of a happy ending for his time in New England and made him forever a key part of that Super Bowl winning team
My only comment is to say that many of the other comments were exactly what I was going to say. Drew is a very classy person who never said anything negative about the situation that was very negative for him.
First video. Hooked. Thanks Chris! Drew Bledsoe. As a Patriots fan...he is to New England as is Steve Grogan was. Blood. Sweat. Tears. Hands down! Great interview! I appreciate your approach to the interview as a former player...but also...human. The reality and realness of the game both off and on the field. Awesome. I'm fucking pumped for more interesting stuff from you.
So funny..when Drew said he was “star struck ,” I just knew he was about to say Namath’s name. Joe was larger than life for SO many people, and he is still one of the people I would most like to meet.
Longtime Patriots fan here. Absolutely love Drew. I had every single Bledsoe rookie. I truly believe he was a major part of the Patriots dramatic turn around from worst to consistently competitive and exciting to watch. I even hated Brady the first couple years despite the championship. We are forever grateful for your years as a patriot
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Real pats fans know how important Drew was and still is to us. He made us relevant.
Think about this: Dak Prescott Tom Brady'd the QB (Romo) who Tom Brady'd the QB (Bledsoe) who got Tom Brady'd by Tom Brady 🤔
I wasn't necessarily a Pats fan then, but I was a Bledsoe and Ben Coats fan. I loved me some Terry Glenn, too. They were really THAT good. And I was a Brady fan from the moment he took over...but in my mind, it never diminished how good Bledsoe was.
@@hrhopeful1120 I have a brother in law by marriage who threw to both Terry Glenn and Joey Galloway, his name I think is Bobby Hoying, I met him at a family barbecue, thank you for mentioning Coates, he seems to be forgotten but in his prime, his reception numbers were like a regular receiver, I'm about to watch Jets vs. Patriots, if Pats lose, they face Dallas next week.
Absolutely! Every pats fan remembers why we were able to even draft drew Bledsoe. We were a horrible team and drew was our first round pick and bam! We have a good quarterback! Drew was a top five quarterback and he was ours. He was the leader that took us to the superbowl in “95”. Us pats fans actually had something to be proud of. I’m of the opinion that Pete Carroll really damaged Drew’s career. Then enter bill belichek and drew had a great coaching staff to help him get back to the great quarterback he was. As a football player, you don’t choose injuries! Injuries choose you! Tom Brady got his opportunity and never gave it up. But that doesn’t change anything about drew Bledsoe. He was a great player for many years and I as a lifelong patriots fan am grateful for drew Bledsoe and his contribution to our team! Patriots nation still loves you drew!
Yep..him and Parcells
Drew, all of us old Pats fans love and admire you. Gunslinger and a gentleman. You look like you could play today.
Yo you think I can still play???? Or nah
@@gerk7238 I don't know gerk? marbles maybe
@@marksullivan5885 yep it’s refrigerators
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The way the game is going......I wouldn't be surprised if qbs.....played until 50....
Drew Bledsoe made the New England Patriots relevant in the NFL. I got his rookie card. First NFL jersey. Pats fan for life. Drew is as classy as it comes.
Fucking bailed us out in Pitt in afc cham Game as well
Can’t agree enough. He helped to lay the groundwork for the future on and off field success of the Patriots organization.
Can i have that rookie card
Dude signed everything too, like Elway
He was phase 3. The 76 pats and 85 pats were fun to watch
Drew is a class act. When he left us here in New England for Buffalo he took out the entire back page of the Boston Globe thanking the fans for all the great memories we gave him. We will always love Drew.
That's where Bellichick needed to take a lesson from him. Kraft wanted Drew to start but going with Brady i didn't think was the smarter decision still don't, cause the team was behind Drew, and at any course Drew could have tore that team apart, Brady is the luckiest son of a gun cause of this guy!! Brady was taught by this guy!! Drew was the old type of gunslinger, and Drew should have came back and had his job given back to him. He had the talent to earn those SBs. Brady dint have the talent that Drew did. If Drew doesn't win that AFC championship Brady doesn't win those SBs. Serious as a ❤️ attack. Drew is a class act. And Pete Carol was the worst thing for NE. As well Bellichick was Cheap as it got. Drew could have gotten 8 or 9 seriously. That's how good he was!!
Drew handled that situation with as much class as anyone in his situation could have. He could have become a cancer on that team and divided the locker room, but he didn't. True dawg!
He would not appreciate being referred to as a ‘Dawg’ considering he went to WAZZU
Absolutely
And Tom walks away as the GOAT and the lasting legacy. Give Drew a nice Pat on the head
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Pats would not be what they became if not for Drew & how He handled that whole situation .
Really great interview with Drew. He deserves more recognition for how good he was. Glad to find out how successful he's been after football.
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Oh really? What did he win??
@@domjohnson2579 100 million dollars and a sb ring in 2001 . What did you win besides having the honor of me pound your mother ?
@@domjohnson2579 He is a Super Bowl Champion. He changed the perception of the franchise
He was somewhere between Alex Smith and Philip Rivers but was always given more credit than he deserved.
Alot of people forget that during the 2001 run, bledsoe stepped in, in the playoffs and won a playoff game for the pats. Its probable without him there wouldn't have been a dynasty.
He had a good game and I remember at work we were all debating do we stick with Drew again or go back to Brady. People forget that was a legitimate debate among pats fans for that 1 week.
For those that don't know, that playoff game was the AFC Championship and he played very well.
Yeah, I remember he marched into Pittsburgh in the AFC Championship after Brady got hurt and was out for the game, and reminded people why he was the starter at the beginning of the season. I was disappointed that Belichick didn't even let him take a snap in the Super Bowl.
@@utsr07If you know Belichick, he wasn't gonna just have Drew play one snap in that Super Bowl then sit him down. He would've had him play every snap
@@kodiak138he had a mediocre game the pats won that game cuz of defense and special teams
Drew is absolute class!!!
Drew is a legend. There was no way he could have known he would or better yet deserved to be somehow associated with Tom Brady’s shadow. The guy is a phenomenal talent and we all love him. Such great insight and words of wisdom from a man who must have been through a roller coaster life.
Cheers Drew 🍻
Drew and Parcels both came in at the right time (Patriots/mid-90's).....and gave us hope,....we were 2-14/dooor-mats before they arrived.
Marino vs Bledsoe in the 1994 opener at Miami is one of the greatest regular season games imo it was the young gunslinger against the old gunslinger coming off a major injury. What a game!!!!! Dolphins won 39-35.
Muddy field..i remember that
Irving Fryar, 3 touchdowns...I remember that.
That was when Marino returned from a ruptured Achilles the year prior. Great game.
That was watching a star being born.. I still watch that game to this day
Lol I remember this game..Mark Ingram came over from NYG and OJ Mcduffie was just coming up..i believe it was Kirby that was the RB1
Thank You , loved Drew and it sucked how it ended for him at NE . PATRIOTS Aren't the patriots without Drew and Parcells. Thank You Drew ❤
Thanks, Drew! I've been a fan since 1974. Without you, we never would have been on the map!
Lifelong Pats fan since '75 and I loved Drew....but meeting Drew "Doubleback" Bledsoe as a wine merchant made me love him even more. His courteous humility and great success in winemaking makes him tops on my list of real people. Miss ya Drew!
Bruce Armstrong while married, knocked up a skinny white stripper, he had the baby, TJ, at 9 months old, the dude was a monster size already
I went to Oregon State football camp with Drew as a kid a couple of years in the late 80's. Even then he had the most insane arm I had ever experienced - throwing 50yd field goals on his knees with some other kid from Utah if I remember correctly.
Catching a flood from him came in at a speed that was not imaginable.
Fantastic person!
My former AD Kent weiser was the Associate AD at Oregon State. Retired at my university of Emporia State University D2 NCAA. I always had a respect level for Drew.
As a lifelong Bostonian and Pats fan who was in my early 20’s in the end of the 90’s, I know how good you were Drew. I remember running into you, ZO, and a few others out and about in Boston, was always a great time. As far as a QB, you completely changed the culture of the Patriots. You were one of the toughest QB’s I’ve ever seen. Winning a game on a TD pass with pins sticking out of your index finger on your throwing hand is legendary. I always thought you should’ve started the SB in ‘01. I always will appreciate what you did here. One last thing, it definitely must’ve felt good when you laid a beating on the Pats game 1 in ‘03 after they cut your boy Lawyer.
I remember that game with the pin sticking out his finger...that was crazy
And I felt for Drew in 01 and was so glad he got to play the 2nd half of Steelers AFC championship and throw that TD pass to Patton
Lawyer Milloy was my favorite player, that news was a shock. I was baffled and dumbfounded and actually happy the Bills kicked our ass that day. Haha. Go Pats.
Real Patriots fans know that Bledsoe is the man. He showed a whole generation of young fans what it means to be a teammate and how to lead by example. The guy is pure class. Not alot of people would be able to handle getting replaced and benched by a younger teammate not once but twice in his career (people forget he was also replaced by Romo).
Watching Drew Bledsoe made me a patriots fan as a kid.
Same
Same. Him and Curtis Martin.
Love you Drew. A Patriots fan since I was 5. Watched them since the late 70s. It was Grogan, Bledsoe, and Brady for me. Love all of you. You guys in around 1993 with Parcels changed everything. I have your first weird race car Jersey from the early 90s. Brady is awesome, but people forget how great you were as well. I remember watching you in the draft. You are not forgotten ❤️.
I’m so glad I got to see Drew in Dallas….short lived, but an all time great!
I stand by his 05 season idc what anyone says. They knew what they had in Tony Romo but signed him to 3 years 23 mil anyways. They should’ve signed him in ‘02. Classic cowboys management
drew was awesome.. as a jets fan I saw him alot...amazing player and a class act
He got penned as such an asshole when he left the patriots but everything since has really shown how awesome of a dude he is! Coming in in the AFC championship and the absolute legend move when he told Tom just to fuck it and sling it in the Super Bowl. Dude is just a straight up legend. Love the interview Chris!
@frankp7270 legend move bro.
I don’t remember thinking he was being an ass. Actually, I’m not sure a lot of players would have left that wsy
Awesome interview - was great to hear from the guy before Brady - not realising just how good he was as a QB and person. Best of luck to all the Bledsoe family.
Patriots were a joke before Drew. He took em to a Superbowl. Probably could have done it again.
Watch some of his games or highlights. He had an absolute cannon! Before him, we were a joke coming off of a 2-14 season.....in his second season,at 22 he led the entire NFL in passing! This was old-school rules where d.backs could basically block WR's on routes and jam them up to 10 yds, and safeties could headhunt the middle, QB's were allowed to be hit as hard as possible.....3k passing yds was the mark of a solid season and 4k was EXTREMELY rare, even for the top guys...and at 22 he had over 4600 passing yds! In his fourth year(3rd starting full season) he led us to a Superbowl and we were a legit postseason thteat from there on..... he made those 3-13, 2-14 seasons before he came a distant memory and was the first guy that gave Pats fans reason to believe!
His decision making wasn't the greatest and he trusted his arm too much for his own good at times and he lacked mobility, but he was a tough dude that could literally make any/every throw!
Love Drew, watched him growing up and always respected him. He's a real one
Bledsoe is a pure class act. For those of us who witnessed his career from his bad night at the Paradise to the Super Bowl to his graceful torch pass to Brady the guy was always straight up with everyone. You won't hear many New Englanders say a bad word about him, he's a legend
Drew looks like he could get out there today and tear it up as a LINEBACKER 💪
Drew, Curtis Martin and Parcells with the new logo back in the mid 90's was super dope. They were legit on the GameGear version of Madden.
I love ❤️ this guy! I saw the play live were he almost had his spleen knocked out of his body! You'll never find a tougher QB still love this dude he's old-school! Rock on Drew!!!
Bledsoe's a class act. What a great interview with one of my favorite QB's of all time. I'm glad he's able to be successful after football in something he truly enjoys. Thanks for sharing, this really made my day. Keep up the good work.
I got Drew’s rookie football card. Great player, people don’t know New England was a terrible team when they drafted him and how quick he turned it around. Good interview!
Drew and Parcells turned the Patriots franchise into what it became. We got season tickets in 1994 and I remember sitting on those old metal bleachers watching Drew connect to Ben Coates.
Brilliant interview. A ton of wisdom being shared!
Great interview. Was a huge Bledsoe fan growing up, one of the only jerseys I ever bought.
Drew, you are one of my all time favorites. As a die hard Pats fan I watched you every Sunday and still love you!
I remembered how good Drew was. It was an excellent interview! Thanks Chris
#RNFL since "73
As a kid i went to see a Patriots practice with one of my brothers and my father. Bledsoe was the last guy off the field (by a long shot) and we waited by the exit for him. He tossed his sweat bands to the crowd. My brother got one and i got the other. I still have that beat up nfl sweatband almost 25 years later. He took the time to sign EVERYTHING that people were holding out for him too. His touchdown pass in the '00/'01 playoffs against the steelers after brady got hurt is still one of my favorite sports moments...that and his stage dive at the evercleat concert🎉
Drew is so freaking cool! This is also the most relaxed I’ve seen him in interviews. I learned so much more about him in this
One of my favorite players of all time... Drew Bledsoe. He was super underrated. That game against Marino was a classic aerial assault!
Life Patriots fan here. Im 36 today but when i fell in love with Football Drew Bledsoe was the Man. Top tier QB that was a pocket passer Gunslinger with a big ACCURATE ARM. When he got hit and Brady came in i thought we was SCREWED 😂 BOY WAS I WRONG !! BUT still drew was really good and ppl forget how good he really was we just got lucky and this San Mateo Kid had a burning desire to learn to he great and MAN DID HE EVER! MOE LAID THE BOOM but Drew was still amazing so THANK YOU DREW BLEDSOE WE THANK YOU BROTHER. GO PATS
What a great conversation.
I'd remember some fun days in those Sullivan stadium metal seats. Sneaking in booze In trash bags for rain gear. Good old days.
Drew bledsoe AFC championship game against the Steelers sliced through the Steelers number one defense scored the first offensive touchdown .thank you Drew
Thank you Drew I appreciate what you did for us.... we wouldn't have been ready without you an wouldn't have won 2001 without you... saved us in Pitt absolutely a beast professional ready to roll after not playing since getting nearly killed... nothing but help for this kid. An then say hey kid I got this be ready
absolutely my favorite player of all time!! So well spoken and looks great for 52, still being successful.
Bledsoe was the man back in the day. I’ll never forget that Super Bowl vs Green Bay and Favre…we were so close but yet so far away. Tom Terrific made up for that with 20 years of being spoiled here in New England. Drew handled that transition with the upmost class.
Still really like drew as a person, and he was part of the change of the patriots culture, and Chris long, thank you for helping us bring our 5th super bowl title to New England
Drew only a few years older than me and like he said Drew was Damn Good for the time he was playing during rip your head off smash the Quarterback Era.
Drew Bledsoe was the only idol I have ever had in my life and I love him for it! My Dad forced us to watch the Pats when they were a dumpster fire that was running the Zolaks and Easons to start at QB and just to win literally a COUPLE of games and hope the Pats weren't as embarrassing as the previous season. That was the best we could hope for when I was a young kid just learning the game, so you can imagine how mind numbingly boring that was at that age! I was much more familiar w/other teams and players!
Then, I remember my Dad saying we should have dtafted Rick Mirer from Notre Dame at #1 overall. Then, literally the first start Drew made, during the first series or two, he suddenly changed his tune and anointed Bledsoe as the right pick! Even at a young age, I could see that Drew's arm was different.....and during his tenure, I actually looked forward to the Pats games! We were suddenly no longer a joke and became a legitimate postseason threat! Along the way, seeing Drew pass for like 4600 yds.in like his second season....when 3k was the plateau for passing yds, and 4k was extremely rare,even for the top guys, this 22 y.o playing for US did it, and I would play football w/my friends emulating him! We made that SB and if we didn't keep Brisby around to that point, didn't single White and played kick coverage, who knows? Lol! Then the pin in his finger, still throwing darts half the field long, and so on and so on. I grew up w/Drew! His TD to Patten in the AFC championship is how I remember him moving on! I was bitter and didn't accept Brady for a couple seasons, until he actually threw down field passes! Lol! Drew wasn't a top tier QB all told, but he was certainly higher end. His arm alone and what passes were possible because of that,his toughness and cool leadership made him special. His decision making at times,maybe trust in that cannon...and mobility were his problems at times!
No matter what is said, Drew Bledsoe is the first guy that gave Patriots fans reason to believe! In his second season, he led the entire league in passing and in his Fourth he led us to the Superbowl.... suddenly that 2-14 season that led him to be our#1 pick seemed so long ago!
Drew is a rare breed that you can let your kid put faith in and trust to be a class act! Will always be my guy! Thanks #11!
Such a great interview, I never knew how cool Drew is.
He was such a good Patriot, i love him and wanted him to win that Green Bay game so bad.
Very very cool man!!! I love hearing from drew and that he’s doing well in his life. Lifelong patriots fan here and I’m saying thank you drew! Thank you Chris aswell! Your contribution to our patriots was stellar and fruitful!!
Great interview! Always appreciated Drew and the team attitude with Tom in 2001! Total class act!!!
Met Bledsoe once in Moscow, ID. next to Pullman. Told him I wish be were a Dallas Cowboy, and a few years later, he was. Nice guy.
I remember Bledsoe because I've been a Jaguars fan since they first became a team, and their second season they made it to the AFC Championship...against the Bledsoe-led Patriots. Bledsoe took the Patriots to the Super Bowl, and while they lost, I remember him being an incredible quarterback.
I was at that game in the snow against the jags.
I always love to listen to Drew Bledsoe! Such a Class Act! Drew just gets it. Great Guy!
Sup Drew! Bledsoe to Coates was epic. Terry Glenn, Bruce Armstrong, Slade, Curtis "my man" Martin. Started it all, did the dirty work to earn respect in the league. Parcells too, Pats legends.
Dynasty never happens without Drew saving the day in Pittsburgh. Thanks man. 🙏
I’m the biggest TB12 fan there is…
But Drew Bledsoe was always one of my favorites. Class and a really good baller. So much respect and admiration for him!
He looks great for his age, good to see Him taking care of himself.
Drew will always be a Pats legend, dude was a good QB. I never saw him play with the Pats unfortunately, i was born in 96, year he brought us to the Super Bowl. But ive seen countless games and highlights on here, including that Miami game in 94 and he could sling it
We appreciated your time and career as a Patriot. You're a class act.
Met Drew (over the phone) back in like 2000 when interviewing him for my article in Patriots Football Weekly. Then met him in person while on vacation in Whitefish, he was test driving a white Porsche. Couldn't have been nicer n more down to earth.
Drew Bledsoe was a great QB who was fun to watch because he was so good and innovative on the fly. He really was one of the best in the league. Great interview. Great Man. I will say that in addition to John Elway, Payton Manning also did his mic drop exit after SB50, as a Bronco ironically
Von Miller & that defense helped immensely with that mic drop exit!!
@@wilnerolivier7971 indeed they did
I wish I could meet Drew and tell him how unappreciated he was in NE. I wish His career ended as Tom's started. But everything happens for a reason and Drew Bledsoe is PURE CLASS ACT
drew bledsoe was a gentleman,when i was young i catered up in the clubhouse when the team would eat during their training camp,we would bring the food hot and just bring it and leave it for them mso this day i was late and brought up the food late,and the guys started in on the food with no utensils and when i came back to deliver them these guys started giving me a real hard time.there was a guy digging lasagna out of the pan with his hands,so bledsoe comes in and stops all the team when he said give the man a chance to feed us,its just his job not his fault,that gave me the best respect for a man and leader.
Drew gets over looked because Brady was a phenom. His Pats career essentially ended as Tom's started. Drew was the first really good QB the Pats had acquired in a super long time back in 93. Now that the Pats are struggling it is interesting to look back and remember how good he was and how hard it is to be a good QB in the league.
Thanks for recognizing Drew. Can confirm all true, was there on the metal bleachers, happy when they took you over Rahib.
He came out right when I first got into football. Was the first player I became a fan of and followed.
Will always have a soft spot for Drew.
Also: Reggie White was such a beast. Would literally pick up and throw 330lb linemen with one hand, I'd never seen anything like it before (or since).
Drew Bledsoe was the reason i became a pats fan back in 93!
Childhood memories will never die. We love you Drew
Drew Bledsoe is one of, if not the first, quarterback to usher in the sling it all day gameplan. Yes, they still had a great running game, but i remember the talking heads just could not believe how many times the Pats were passing thr ball. It was new-ish, Marino and Kelly, to name a couple, were great passers, but my opinion is Drew was the first young QB of that era to pave the way for the likes of Brees, Manning etc.
3k passing yds was the mark of a great season back then. When Drew was 22 y.o, he led the NFL in passing w/over 4600 yds. Lol. The thing that made it extra crazy, was that he did this while playing for Bill Parcells....THE definition of a smashmouth, run first head coach! Early on, Parcells conceded that "If we want to move the damn ball, it's gonna' be w/the kid's arm"! Early on, before Curtis Martin, our running backs were atrocious! (Marion Butts, anyone?) Bledsoe had 70+ attempts in a single game that year! Lol.
November 13, 1994, Bledsoe went 45-70, the Patriots never ran it once in the second half, Kevin Turner, since deceased, caught winning TD in overtime.
As a lifelong New Englander and Pats fan, I'll always respect and appreciate Drew Bledsoe. He came in with Bill Parcells and Robert Kraft and began to turn the franchise around. The Pats had some good teams in the 70s and 80s, but eventually bad ownership left the team in a really bad state in the early 90s. He eventually lost his job to a better QB (some guy named Brady), but there's no shame in that. He should be very proud of his career.
Thanks for everything, Drew.
And Super Bowl Champion. He was definitely part of the 2001 Champions. Slew the Steelers after Brady got hurt.
I was about to say that. Most people forget about that game.
Yup
Drew is a class act,he is my favorite patriot of all time.thanks # 11 and mr.long
I watched one of those games against the firemen Patriots players in the 80s and the one that stood out to me the most was Doug flutie. Just seeing how great of an athlete he was just playing basketball
Bledsoe key to changing the franchise. I remember every kid in school having a Bledsoe jersey. Now he always comes off like a guy just nailing his post playing career. Super cool, healthy, owning a winery? Good for him.
10:25-Drew Bledose made a great point because I am just getting over a hand and wrist injury from falling during a football game, Playing O-Line happen to get caught in a crowd of bodies and I fell right on top of my hand because I stuck it out to catch myself. Damn now I know.
The Sheriff walked off into the sunset perfectly
True.
Drew is awesome. Not a footnote to bradys career. He was a strait baller and took the pats to the superbowl and helped change the culture there. And was pretty damn good for my bills as well. Great guy loved watching him play.
Never a Pats fan, but Loved Bledsoe from his days at WSU! Go Cougars🎉
Imagine dan Marino with these rules .... incredible!!!!
Seriously.. football today and when Marino played is like two totally different sports.
Drew was a solid QB. Great teammate and leader
Drew Bledsoe was a class act in his playing days, and he’s a class act now. Excellent interview.
Awesome interview. Drew Bledsoe should be a Hall of Famer.
I’m an almost 40 year old Jets fan and respect the hell out of Drew. Great convo 👍
We LOVE Drew. He was the start of bringing the pats back into respectability
Growing up in the Philippines, American football was never broadcast there, but there was this one obscure cable channel that broadcast Super Bowl XXXV when the Patriots won and I was instantly a fan. But yeah, I've only ever been a football and Patriots fan since I saw that game in 2001. I guess I'm a hipster fan who came along post 2000 then lol
Like everything in life, it's how you carry yourself. More Pats fans are always welcome. The old school fans of any team will have a history and a standard, New England is no different. Go Pats!
I loved Drew Bledsoe as a kid had one of the pats jerseys with the lighter blue. Then when I was about 8 y.o. or so Brady came around. Always kind of felt bad for Drew. He was a good QB and a franchise QB, had been around for many years in New England. On another team he probably would be THE qb that fans remember fondly and first, like Philip Rivers is to the Chargers, but it was fate. Anyway, I have always been so glad that he came in to win that 2001 AFC Championship. It was somewhat of a happy ending for his time in New England and made him forever a key part of that Super Bowl winning team
Wow another Great interview! So good to hear their views and opinions! Keep up the great works!
Drew's class act! Both are.
When I started watching NFl (I'm from Peru) I became a Patriots fan (loved Pat the Patriot) and Drew Bledsoe was my QB
This man was my hero even met him amd got an autograpgh after a pats game in 94. We never forgot Drew we just got caught up.
Many blessings upon you and thank you.
My only comment is to say that many of the other comments were exactly what I was going to say. Drew is a very classy person who never said anything negative about the situation that was very negative for him.
drew is y the pat became relavent fucking loved watching drew thank you for both super bowls you got us to
First video. Hooked. Thanks Chris! Drew Bledsoe. As a Patriots fan...he is to New England as is Steve Grogan was. Blood. Sweat. Tears. Hands down! Great interview! I appreciate your approach to the interview as a former player...but also...human. The reality and realness of the game both off and on the field. Awesome. I'm fucking pumped for more interesting stuff from you.
Saw Drew play USC and he had the most beautiful pass Id ever seen.
Great interview, great guy. Drew was great as others have said, he really did start the ascendancy of the Patriots.
One of my top 3 favorite players in the 90's, he was a bad ass!
So funny..when Drew said he was “star struck ,” I just knew he was about to say Namath’s name. Joe was larger than life for SO many people, and he is still one of the people I would most like to meet.
Not a Pats fan, but I did like watching Drew play in NE and Buff. I just got done watching an old WSU game with him the other day.
Drew was awesome gave us real hope
Longtime Patriots fan here. Absolutely love Drew. I had every single Bledsoe rookie. I truly believe he was a major part of the Patriots dramatic turn around from worst to consistently competitive and exciting to watch. I even hated Brady the first couple years despite the championship. We are forever grateful for your years as a patriot