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Ty Law Believes The Patriots Would Have Won Superbowl XXXVI If Drew Bledsoe Played Instead Of Brady

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Hall of Fame Patriots cornerback Ty Law said he believes the Patriots would have won their first Super Bowl XXXVI if Drew Bledsoe was at quarterback instead of Tom Brady on The Greg Hill Show yesterday.

“If Drew Bledsoe was playing we would have still won,” Law said. “No disrespect, everyone knows Tom is the greatest, what did he do that game besides the last drive? 146 yards passing. Hell, me and you can go out there and get 140 yards. I am not saying that he didn’t play great. I am just saying I agree with Wiggy when it comes to if Drew Bledsoe was playing quarterback at that time and that game we would have still won.

“It was about the defense. Not taking away from anything and Wiggins had some great catches down the stretch, plus catches, but Drew Bledsoe could have made those throws. It wasn’t those the average quarterback couldn’t make. He wasn’t the Tom Brady that he is right now, he was just becoming Tom Brady so we were more than confident whoever was going to start that game, the pressure was on the defense and we knew we had to stop The Greatest Show on Turf and we did that.”

I loved Drew Bledsoe and all, but I am going to have to disagree with Ty here. Sure any quarterback can make the throws that Tom Brady made, but to do it under pressure is a different story. Bledsoe always appeared to be a deer in the headlights in pressure situations. Although Brady was from from his athletic peak at the time, he had already reminded me of Joe Montana with his pocket awareness, and the historical march within the final 2 minutes of the Super Bowl can only be made by the great ones. The defense certainly came up huge and was responsible for winning the game against the high powered Rams, but had Bledsoe never got injured that season, the Pats would have been lucky to reach the playoffs.