Drew Bledsoe call it Quits

After 14 years and 44,611 yards passing, quarterback Drew Bledsoe has decided to call it a career instead of playing back-up to Tony Romo, or trying to catch on with another team.

Now, this may not be the most earth-shaking news out here in the world today, but I still feel this is important enough to report on because Drew Bledsoe did have a stellar NFL career.

Drew Bledsoe is leaving the NFL as one of their all-time greats. With 251 touchdown passes to his name, Bledsoe ranks 13th in career touchdown passes, 7th in total passing yards, and 5th in completions with 3,839. Bledsoe was also a four time Pro-Bowl quarterback during his career.

Drew Bledsoe was a first round pick out of Washington State by the New England Patriots in 1993. Besides playing for the Patriots, Bledsoe also played for the Buffalo Bills and more recently the Dallas Cowboys.

During his retirement speech, Bledsoe said he felt fortunate to live his childhood dream of playing in the NFL. Bledsoe also feels lucky that he is able to retire with a smile on his face, and in relatively good health. Bledsoe also added that he was looking forward to spending falls watching his kids play instead of the other way around.

Drew Bledsoe was able to appear in a Superbowl when he led the 1996 Bill Parcels coached New England Patriots against the Green Bay Packers. Unfortunately for Bledsoe, Green Bay ended up winning the Superbowl.

When Bledsoe was injured in the second game of the 2001 season against the New York Jets, he was replaced by, at the time, little know quarterback Tom Brady who was a seventh round Patriots draft pick.

With Tom Brady able to guide the New England Patriots to the AFC title game, coach Bill Belichick, still went back to the veteran Bledsoe for this game. Even though Bledose was able to beat the Steelers and send New England into another Superbowl, coach Belichick decided to switch back to Brady for the Superbowl game.

And from this point on, the fate of Drew Bledsoe as leader of the Patriots was sealed because Tom Brady ended up leading the Patriots to a Superbowl victory over St. Louis.

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