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20 years ago today, a play during a Week 2 New England Patriots vs. New York Jets game changed NFL history. Mo Lewis knocked Pats quarterback Drew Bledsoe out of the game on a huge hit. In stepped ...
20 years ago on Sept. 23, Tom Brady stepped in for an injured Drew Bledsoe and NFL history changed 20 years ago on Sept. 23, Mo Lewis hit Drew Bledsoe and Tom Brady became the Patriots’ QB Skip ...
In the second game of the regular season, nine-year starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe, who had received a 10-year contract extension in March, [2] was injured on a hit by New York Jets linebacker Mo Lewis, causing backup Tom Brady, a sixth-round draft pick in 2000, to enter the game after serving as the Patriots' 4th string rookie the season ...
During an early-season game against the Patriots in 2001, Lewis leveled Patriots' quarterback Drew Bledsoe with a hard, but clean hit. Bledsoe was about to dive for the first-down marker, but defensive end Shaun Ellis clipped Bledsoe's ankles, resulting in Bledsoe taking the full force of the hit while standing straight up. [4]
Bledsoe ranks fifth all time in completions (3,839), seventh in passing yards (44,611), and thirteenth in touchdown passes (251). Bledsoe's passer rating of 77.1 was 46th all-time in league history when he retired in 2006. As of 2022, he ranks 109th in league history. [86] [87] His 57.2% completion percentage is tied for 99th in league history ...
What if Drew Bledsoe never got injured by Mo Lewis? Let that question sink in -- and think about the crazy chain of events that ensued over the years. The unfortunate occurrence affected so many ...
[70] [89] Due to injuries to Kurt Warner and Marshall Faulk, the Rams finished with a 7–9 record the following year and missed the postseason. [90] They qualified for the playoffs only two more times (2003 and 2004), and only won one more playoff game (the 2004–05 wild card game) during the remainder of their tenure in St. Louis.
Mo Lewis hit Drew Bledsoe. Tom Brady came into the game at quarterback for the New England Patriots . The trite thing to say here is "the rest is history," but holy hell what a history.