The Official NFL Offseason Thread...
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Feb 2005
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Bledsoe agrees to deal with Dallas
Associated Press
Posted: 15 hours ago
Drew Bledsoe set passing records and reached the Super Bowl as a young quarterback playing for Bill Parcells in New England. Nearly a decade later, the duo will try doing it again with the Dallas Cowboys.
Bledsoe takes over in Big D
Drew Bledsoe is officially introduced as the new quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys.
Bledsoe was to be introduced at a 3 p.m. news conference at team headquarters Wednesday afternoon, one day after he was released by the Buffalo Bills.
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The Bills told Bledsoe he would be cut last week and he said then that "Dallas is intriguing for obvious reasons." Once Parcells was interested, too, the 33-year-old apparently chose not to seriously pursue other starting jobs.
Parcells was running the Patriots when he made Bledsoe the No. 1 overall pick in 1993. They reached the Super Bowl following the 1996 season, losing to Green Bay, then Parcells left for the New York Jets.
Over their four seasons together, Bledsoe set several NFL records for attempts and completions and threw for more than 4,000 yards twice.
Bledsoe's career has risen and fallen several times since then.
An injury cost him his starting job in New England in 2001, and the emergence of Tom Brady prevented him from getting it back. He was traded to Buffalo, where he immediately made the Pro Bowl with another 4,000-yard season but failed to reach the playoffs all three seasons with the Bills, going 23-25 overall.
Last season, Bledsoe helped Buffalo go from 0-4 to 9-6 going into the finale with a chance to make the postseason. However, the emergence of running back Willis McGahee also was a big part of the team's turnaround.
Drew Bledsoe got released by the Bills Tuesday ... and reportedly has landed on his feet with the Cowboys. (David Duprey / AP)
Bledsoe, who hasn't started a playoff game since 1998, still has a strong arm, but has been sacked 140 times in the last three seasons. That's also a tribute to his durability - he's started every game in those years.
His arrival means that 41-year-old Vinny Testaverde won't be re-signed and that young quarterbacks Drew Henson and Tony Romo won't be seeing much action any time soon. Bledsoe made it clear last week that he wasn't interested in being a backup and Parcells has shown little willingness to go through the growing pains of grooming a young QB.
By avoiding a Henson-led rebuilding, the Cowboys are trying to quickly rebound after going 6-10 last season. Parcells is 63 and often says he's too old to lose. He also has two seasons left on his contract.
Parcells makes no secret of his affinity for his former players, believing he can trust them more. His collection in Dallas already included receivers Keyshawn Johnson and Terry Glenn and running back Richie Anderson. Glenn played with Bledsoe from 1996-2001 in New England.
In addition to those veterans, the Cowboys believe they have rising stars in running back Julius Jones and tight end Jason Witten.
Jones was drafted with a pick Dallas acquired from Buffalo in a draft-day trade. The Bills got the Cowboys' first-round pick and used it on quarterback J.P. Losman, whose development forced Bledsoe out of Buffalo. As part of that trade, Dallas gets Buffalo's first-rounder this year, which would've been higher than No. 20 without Bledsoe's second-half turnaround.
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Travis henry to the cardinals... I think that they just might take that jump to the next level dependin on who they have at the qb spot because these dudes got LARRY FITZGERALD AND ANQUAN BOLDIN THEN BRYANT JOHNSON like the top recievers in the past two drafts out there. Seein that the rams will continue to digress and yes martz will be jobless by the january 2006 and the seahawks wasnt impressive at all last year and wont have much cap to resign some defensive starters-chike and ken lucas i think the cardinals could make a serious push to win the division...i doubt that the rams or seahawks could hold henry to under 100 yards...
>>warner to the cardinals
>>plaxico still on the market
uh what else...
>>eagles resign baby huey
>rolle to the raven
>carter to...dayum i forgot brb...(tasia)
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well the lions got kennedy and pollard...lions will be the frist team to go to the superbowl thats held in theyre hometown :lol: ...hey it could happen....but we might actually be good next year.not superbowl good but good enough to win our division.up and coming kevin jones, charles rogers and roy williams.and if joey can put it together.
MidWestGentleman wrote:well the lions got kennedy and pollard...lions will be the frist team to go to the superbowl thats held in theyre hometown :lol: ...hey it could happen....but we might actually be good next year.not superbowl good but good enough to win our division.up and coming kevin jones, charles rogers and roy williams.and if joey can put it together.
mike sherman gone wild:
no wonder the packers suck so hard....(tasia)>>
