11-25-2006, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by moon
By past I mean college, the fact that it has taken him this long to beat out an awful Drew Bledsoe etc.
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an awful Bledsoe who will probably end up in the HOF.
I don't think it was as much about Romo as it was about Parcells believing in Bledsoe.
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11-25-2006, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
an awful Bledsoe who will probably end up in the HOF.
I don't think it was as much about Romo as it was about Parcells believing in Bledsoe.
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If he makes the HOF it certainly will not be because of his play in Dallas.
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11-25-2006, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by moon
If he makes the HOF it certainly will not be because of his play in Dallas.
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Definitely not! 
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11-25-2006, 07:08 PM
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Re:Bledsoe
I know the NFL lets more people into the hall, but is Drew really worthy?
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11-25-2006, 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Re:Bledsoe
I know the NFL lets more people into the hall, but is Drew really worthy?
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His numbers say he is. He's in the top 10 in virtually every passing category.
No position is more penalized for not winning it all than QB though...and Drew's ring came largely courtesy of Tom Brady.
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11-25-2006, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
His numbers say he is. He's in the top 10 in virtually every passing category.
No position is more penalized for not winning it all than QB though...and Drew's ring came largely courtesy of Tom Brady.
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Yeah, good point. I just always saw him as the prototypical pocket passer, and one who's role hasn't seemed to fit in the league since that one big year in Buffalo.
I know he was great early in his career, but just hasn't seemed to have the HOF defining moment. The Art Monk of QBs.
(I wonder. if there was a team with a strong O-Line that could hold a pocket would Drew put up big numbers again, or has he just had too many sacks and throws the ball away when he feels pressure?)
(now I'm thinking I should have started a new thread - sry JohnnyFlame)
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—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
Last edited by Bobblehead; 11-25-2006 at 07:31 PM.
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11-25-2006, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Yeah, good point. I just always saw him as the prototypical pocket passer, and one who's role hasn't seemed to fit in the league since that one big year in Buffalo.
I know he was great early in his career, but just hasn't seemed to have the HOF defining moment. The Art Monk of QBs.
(I wonder. if there was a team with a strong O-Line that could hold a pocket would Drew put up big numbers again, or has he just had too many sacks and throws the ball away when he feels pressure?)
(now I'm thinking I should have started a new thread - sry JohnnyFlame)
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Yeah, I agree with your Bledsoe vision. I think he could be effective behind an elite pass blocking OL, but I would submit this theory....there aren't any. I think the evolution of the pass rush in the NFL has been so great that OL's haven't been able to compensate. I think in the NFL today you have to be mobile or have a lightning quick release or both. Bledsoe has neither.
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11-25-2006, 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
Yeah, I agree with your Bledsoe vision. I think he could be effective behind an elite pass blocking OL, but I would submit this theory....there aren't any. I think the evolution of the pass rush in the NFL has been so great that OL's haven't been able to compensate. I think in the NFL today you have to be mobile or have a lightning quick release or both. Bledsoe has neither.
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You are dead on. There are so many blitzing schemes taking advantage of lighting fast LBs the pure pocket passer must think and throw in a heartbeat (like Manning or Bulger). Was it the Tampa 2 with their smaller, lightning quick LBs that signalled the end?
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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11-25-2006, 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
You are dead on. There are so many blitzing schemes taking advantage of lighting fast LBs the pure pocket passer must think and throw in a heartbeat (like Manning or Bulger). Was it the Tampa 2 with their smaller, lightning quick LBs that signalled the end?
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Yeah I'm thinking the tub of lard 330 lb linemen is too slow for the position now. Even if only 30lbs of that is fat. Time for some quicker O lineman. Dallas's O-line is certainly not the team strength but Romo's quick release almost makes that a non-issue.
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