It's the 2001 season, and the New England Patriots have just signed Drew Bledose to a 10-year contract worth $103 million — the largest deal in NFL history at the time. The Washington State ...

It was 2002 and New England decided to pass on former No. 1 overall pick Drew ... Bledsoe, who spent most of the season prior injured. In his place in 2001, the Patriots turned to a backup ...

Drew Bledsoe will forever be known as the man who passed the baton to Tom Brady. But the former New England Patriots quarterback was a star in his own right, and without the foundations he laid ...