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Drew Bledsoe Will Be Watching as Tom Brady Breaks His Record

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No. 12 is just 163 yards away from passing old No. 11 as the franchise's all-time leading passer. Barring injury or catastrophe, Brady, who has thrown for 300 yards in his last five contests and can tie the NFL record for consecutive 300-yard passing efforts, will surpass Bledsoe and his mark of 29,657 yards tonight in the same building where he ended the Brady-Bledsoe debate once and for all. "No, I didn't know that. I figured that was coming at some point. Maybe, he'll sprain an ankle and I'll get to hold it longer," said the 37-year-old Bledsoe with a baritone chuckle. "I think it's inevitable that all my records are going to go down at some point. If somebody is going to do that I'd love to have it be Tom Brady as opposed to anybody else." "When that whole deal went down I was obviously hurt by the whole situation and the way that it went," said Bledsoe. "It would be pretty stupid for me to blame that on Tom. The guy worked his butt off, and when he got his chance he seized it and ran with it. I didn't like the way the situation went down. Tom was a friend of mine before that happened, and while it took a while for me to come back around he is a friend of mine now. He is a great guy that earned what he got. If he was a guy that was a jerk then I absolutely wouldn't be talking to the guy. It's the opposite. He is a classy guy. I don't begrudge him anything."