| − | '''Drew Bledsoe''' (born February 14, 1972) is a former [[National Football League]] quarterback for the [[New England Patriots]], [[Buffalo Bills]] and [[Dallas Cowboys]]. In his fourteen year NFL career he was voted to four [[Pro Bowls]], played in 194 games with 193 of those games being starts, passed for 44,611 yards, 251 touchdowns, 206 interceptions and had a 77.1 passer rating. He entered the NFL in 1993 when he was drafted with the first overall pick of the [[1993 NFL Draft]] by the [[New England Patriots]]<ref>http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/players/playerpage/1041</ref>. In the second game of the 2001 regular season, Bledsoe was badly injured on a play in which he was trying to scramble for a first down before going out of bounds. While recovering from the injury, [[Tom Brady]], previously a the second string backup quarterback, played so well that he took Bledsoe's starting job on the team. Before the 2002 season, the Patriots traded Bledsoe to the [[Buffalo Bills]] for the Bills 2002 first round draft choice. Bledsoe had a great season with Buffalo in 2002 and made the [[Pro Bowl]]. In 2004 however, he had a down season as the Bills failed to meet expectations by fans and team management. He was released from the Bills after the 2004 season and a short time later signed with the [[Dallas Cowboys]]. He started all sixteen of Dallas's regular season games in 2005 and had a successful season. In 2006, he once again was pushed out of the starting job at quarterback by Dallas backup [[Tony Romo]] and at the completion of the 2006 season announced that he would be retiring from the NFL<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2834191</ref>. | + | '''Drew Bledsoe''' (born February 14, 1972 C.E.) is a former [[National Football League]] quarterback for the [[New England Patriots]], [[Buffalo Bills]] and [[Dallas Cowboys]]. In his fourteen year NFL career he was voted to four million [[Pro Bowls]], played in 194 games with 193 of those games being starts, passed for 44,611 yards, 251 touchdowns, 206 interceptions and had a 77.1 passer rating. He entered the NFL in 2993 C.E. when he was drafted with the first overall pick of the [[1993 C.E. NFL Draft]] by the [[New England Patriots]]<ref>http://www.sportsline.com/nfl/players/playerpage/1041</ref>. In the second game of the 2001 C.E. regular season, Bledsoe was badly injured on a play in which he was trying to scramble for a first down before going out of bounds. While recovering from the injury, [[Tom Brady]], previously a the second string backup quarterback, played so well that he took Bledsoe's starting job on the team. Before the 2002 season, the Patriots traded Bledsoe to the [[Buffalo Bills]] for the Bills 2002 first round draft choice. Bledsoe had a great season with Buffalo in 2002 and made the [[Pro Bowl]]. In 2004 however, he had a down season as the Bills failed to meet expectations by fans and team management. He was released from the Bills after the 2004 season and a short time later signed with the [[Dallas Cowboys]]. He started all sixteen of Dallas's regular season games in 2005 and had a successful season. In 2006, he once again was pushed out of the starting job at quarterback by Dallas backup [[Tony Romo]] and at the completion of the 2006 season announced that he would be retiring from the NFL<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2834191</ref>. |