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Originally Posted by RealSNR
I think it's possible Belichick becomes a footnote in history if Bledsoe doesn't get hurt.
Started out with a 5-11 season with the Pats, and in their first Super Bowl season, they had a really rough start before Bledsoe got hurt. I think while a Bledsoe was a better QB at the time overall, Brady was more risk-averse in that initial season, and that's what won them the necessary regular season games to get into the playoffs.
They probably would have put shit together eventually with Bledsoe, but who knows how long that would have taken. More than likely they don't go to the playoffs that year.
Would the team have had the patience to stick by him? A lot of what kept Belichick so successful was the winning momentum, because winning will solve most if not all of the misery that is the Patriot Way. Without those wins, does the team gel at all? Does Brady ever get a chance?
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Exactly... had Bledsoe not been injured, it would have been interesting to see what they did considering he had good success up to that point in his career (although the prior 3 years were less than remarkable). It's not like people were screaming for Brady as a R1/R2 pick to take the field.
Injury forced their hand and it worked... Bledsoe watched them go from 0-2 at the time of his injury to SB champs in the same season.
Who knows... maybe they muddle along for another 2-3 years and then they're all run out of NE. But there was certainly nothing that would have led anyone to claim that Belichic would end up doing what he has done and been there still at this point when he first arrived.