Jones & Keefe: Drew Bledsoe believes there is an advantage to sitting as a young quarterback

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00:00I'm curious, though, Drew, your thoughts on the Patriots and their handling of a young

00:04quarterback.

00:05You were thrown into the fire your rookie year.

00:08You played.

00:09You got hurt.

00:10You came back.

00:11The team picked up steam late in 93.

00:12You carried that momentum into 94.

00:15How do you think the Patriots are handling Drake May and his transition to the NFL?

00:20Yeah, you know, it's obviously I'm not there for practice, right?

00:24So, you know, this is just this is just philosophical.

00:28But philosophically, I like what they're doing.

00:29And partly, you know, it's because it's largely because of Jacoby Perrette.

00:33I mean, you know, this guy's a veteran quarterback.

00:37He's played well for a long time.

00:38And, you know, he's going to be a great input for Drake, but you also win games in the short

00:44term.

00:45And then philosophically, you know, look, I was I was thrown right in there.

00:48I felt like I was ready for it.

00:49Obviously, Parcells felt like I was ready for it.

00:51But, you know, there's also a benefit to sitting and watching.

00:54I didn't learn that until I got hurt my rookie year.

00:57You know, I get to sit and watch three games and just standing on the sidelines and watching

01:01for three games.

01:03It seemed like that slowed the whole thing down a little bit.

01:06So philosophically, I agree with this.

01:09And, you know, I also think that Jacoby's a outstanding quarterback and he may help

01:15them win some games in the near term, you know, while they're getting Drake ready.