Almost a quarter of a quarter of a century ago, the former second -sized second york lewis jets gave a blow on Drew Bleddsoe which changed the course in the history of the NFL.
Tired of being held responsible by jet fans for having triggered the Tom Brady era and the New England Patriots, Lewis triggered another success.
Lewis, breaking a long silence of the media, supports in a book which will soon be published that it is Bledsoe – not him – who deserves the blame for what happened on September 23, 2001. Bledsoe was drilled so hard that he shouted a blood vessel in his chest – he is almost dead in the ambulance – creating an opportunity for the safe.
“”[Bledsoe] Have you just signed an agreement of $ 100 million to be a quarter type? A quarter-cross, isn’t it? “Said Lewis in” Brady against Belichick “, written by the longtime journalist of the NFL, Gary Myers.” If he hadn’t left the pocket and had run with the ball, are we talking about this? Who caused the event? The person who was with the ball.
“Now, he does what he has not registered. He signed up to be a quarter-Arrière who passes. What should I do? I stop people with the ball. It’s just another room for me. But it’s a different game for him.”
Bledsoe, never known for his mobility, was trying to run for a first try at the end of the match finally won by the 10-3 jets. Lewis hunted him and exploded it along the sidelines – a clean but crushing blow that amazed the players because of his ferocity. This ended Bledsoe’s race as a quarter of the patriots.
Lewis, 55, has avoided media events and former team alumni since his retirement after the 2003 season, several former teammates saying that it is because he feels weather that fans and the media remember him for the success of Bledsoe and not his entire workforce. It was a selection of three times Pro Bowl and a first All-Pro team in 1998.
Lewis insisted that he was not embarrassed by all this.
“It’s really out of words for me,” said Lewis, referring to the fallout. “It was just another room for me. For all of you, it’s a big game that changes the game and changing the story. I have never returned to watch the game. If people want to talk about it, I don’t hide it. But it doesn’t matter for me.”
Lewis says that he was not aware of the state of Bledsoe and that he did not check because he was focused on his work.
“I don’t try to be a hole hole,” he said. “I’m on the ground. I am not a doctor. I don’t know the gravity of this one. It was just another time.
As part of the NFL celebration of his 100th season in 2019, he carried out a survey to determine the 100 best game changers in the history of the League. Lewis was n ° 82.
“It was the guy who actually started Tom Brady’s career,” said Herm Edwards, the jet coach in this 2001 match, in the book.
The former assistant coach of the Patriots, Pepper Johnson, says that he was “angry with Drew” because he warned him “not to go to the head with this guy”. Johnson and Lewis were teammates on jets, and Johnson describes him as “a scud missile”.
“I painted the script for him to eat limits,” says Johnson.
