Drew Bledsoe for the HOF? (2 Viewers)

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I gotta say no on Bledsoe. He's got nothing to be ashamed of in his career and is one of the better QBs of the 90's for sure, but with quarterbacks more than any other position, if you wanna go to Canton you almost certainly have to win a championship (and HE did not win that championship with New England). Sure there are exceptions (Marino, Moon, Kelly) but those three guys are truely legends of the game, and while Bledsoe will be remembered for many years to come, he doesn't approach their level. He should retire and be happy, or accept a job somewhere as a great backup.
 
Sorry, but no way. Players should really be considered one or two of the best at their positions during their career, and no way does Bledsoe fit that description. Passing yardage has climbed in the last 25 years (much like HRs have in baseball), so I don't believe Bledsoe's numbers will be good enough.

Hall of fame players don't get beat out by younger ones right in the middle of their prime.
 
Not a chance. He's not even in the conversation. In his prime, Bledsoe was a very good QB, but to be in the Hall, you have to be special. And he clearly wasn't.
 
Let me throw in another question for the debate:

Was Drew Bledsoe worth the #1 overall pick in 1993?
 
Postman said:
Let me throw in another question for the debate:

Was Drew Bledsoe worth the #1 overall pick in 1993?
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Sure. I'm not going to go back and look and see who else was in the draft that year, but at the time they needed a franchise QB, and they got one. No, he wasn't transcendental like you'd like the no. 1 overall pick to be, but he was an effective locked-in starter for a long time and quarterbacked his team to a Super Bowl appearance. He only got dislodged because he was Wally Pipp to Brady's Lou Gehrig; if Bledsoe doesn't get hurt, he's got at least two more years running that team, and who knows how it all would have ended up. He's not a HoF player, not even really a borderline guy, but at least he had a good enough career that you can ask the question. Even in hindsight, it's pretty hard to fault their choice at the time.
 
Pure Energy said:
That SB ring is the very reason he won't be in the HOF. It proved he was a second rate QB on a good team and a great QB could lead the team to a Championship.
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Just playing devil's advocate, but Bledsoe did, in fact, lead the Patriots to Superbowl XXXI. They lost 35-21, however, he did lead them there once. I'm not sure it's been mentioned on this thread, and I think he deserves a little credit for that.

With that said, I'm solidly in the "no HOF" camp.
 
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SaintJ said:
I'm not going to go back and look and see who else was in the draft that year, but at the time they needed a franchise QB, and they got one.
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The only other option would have been Rick Mirer, so it yeah I guess they scored a slam dunk by comparison.

http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/years/1993

Interestingly enough, probably the best draft pick in that entire draft was.....Willie Roaf by the New Orleans Saints (Jerome Bettis coming 2nd).
 
LSSpam said:
The only other option would have been Rick Mirer, so it yeah I guess they scored a slam dunk by comparison.

http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/years/1993

Interestingly enough, probably the best draft pick in that entire draft was.....Willie Roaf by the New Orleans Saints (Jerome Bettis coming 2nd).
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That was a very weak 1st round. The draft did have some great players in Strahan, Roaf, Will Shields, Lorenzo Neil and Jason Elam all have a good shot of making the Hall of Fame.
 
bclemms said:
That was a very weak 1st round. The draft did have some great players in Strahan, Roaf, Will Shields, Lorenzo Neil and Jason Elam all have a good shot of making the Hall of Fame.
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I don't know. I figure it's probably pretty typical.

Out of the top 10 Drew Bledsoe, Willie Roaf, Lincoln Kennedy, and Jerome Bettis met and exceeded expectations.

Garrison Hearst, Marvin Jones, and Curtis Conway all started for many years and, while probably somewhat disappointing, weren't total busts (Hearst is a somewhat special case since his best seasons were with the 49ers. So he wasn't a bust, except to the team that drafted him).

Only Rick Mirer, John Copeland, and Eric Curry were "busts", and only Eric Curry was an unredeemable epic bust (Copeland played for 10 years and started a couple. Mirer, originally, was thought to be doing better then Bledsoe. He just never progressed beyond a certain point and ended up getting cut and bouncing around for a few years).
 
Let me be more specific with the question: Did Drew Bledsoe meet the expectations that one would place upon the #1 overall pick of the draft (not necessarily compared to other 1st rounders in the '93 draft).
 
I've never considered Drew as HOF material. I'll just call him a good QB with a long career, and leave it at that. It's the Bettis principle at work.
 

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