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The Patriots lacked a steady quarterback for most of the 1980s, with five (including Grogan) starting in the 1987 season. First-round selection Tony Eason, the longest-tenured of the decade, contributed to the Patriots making their Super Bowl debut, but lasted only three seasons as the primary starter.
This is a list of players who have appeared in at least one regular season or postseason game in the National Football League (NFL) or American Football League (AFL) for the New England Patriots franchise. This list is accurate through the end of the 2023 NFL season.
Eason played sparingly in 1983, but became the Patriots' starting quarterback in 1984. [76] [77] The team ended the season 8-8. [78] The Patriots, with the top pick in the 1984 NFL draft, selected Irving Fryar, a wide receiver from the University of Nebraska. [79] With Tony Eason starting at quarterback, the Patriots got off to a 5–2 start.
Quarterback Drew Bledsoe, drafted in 1993, was the most recent Patriots player to be drafted first overall. He spent nine seasons with the team, during which time he was a four-time Pro Bowler and led the league in passing once. He is a member of the New England Patriots Hall of Fame. The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston metropolitan ...
The two clubs clashed in several close games, such as on December 19, 1971, as a late Patriots touchdown decided a 21–17 New England win; on September 18, 1978, the Colts rallied to defeat the Patriots 34–27 on Monday Night Football on a virtual one-man scoring rampage by running back Joe Washington; on September 4, 1983, the Colts defeated ...
New England Patriots roster. Quarterbacks (QB) 7 Jacoby Brissett; 10 Drake Maye; ... NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC LV LAC
Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are the only starting quarterbacks to have won Super Bowls for two NFL teams, while Craig Morton and Kurt Warner are the only other quarterbacks to have started for a second team. Jim McMahon won a second Super Bowl ring having been a backup on the Brett Favre-led Green Bay Packers team that won Super Bowl XXXI.
This category is for NFL players that played for the New England Patriots. There are separate categories for each era of the franchise: Category:Boston Patriots players (1960–1970) Category:New England Patriots players (1971–) Players should be included in each category that applies.