All football fans know that Tom Brady of the New England Patriots is the most accomplished quarterback of all time, but probably, few people remember that he got his start as a backup who came in after a severe injury to franchise QB Drew Bledsoe, A native of my home town of Walla Walla and a WSU Coug (I was told not to say "former Coug").
Bledsoe is shown in his Walla Walla vineyard in this picture from an ESPN feature (E60--Better with Age) that I watched this weekend.
It features Bledsoe's Wa-Hi Career, his days at Washington State, his taking what may have been the worst franchise in professional sports at the time, his terrible injury, his losing his job to Brady and his current role as a premier winemaker.
Great post Mike and Bledsoe is also a good man who has done many good deeds that has not been publicized.
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