7 things we learned from Drew Bledsoe’s ESPN ‘E:60’ episode

Drew Bledsoe and Tom Brady during the 2001 season. –Via Globe ArchivesDrew Bledsoe says he didn’t know where his Super Bowl XXXVI ring was for “a long time.”

Having helped the Patriots go from a football backwater to a second Super Bowl appearance in a decade, Bledsoe admitted it was a simultaneously “sweet” and “bitter” experience of watching from the sideline as another quarterback led New England to its long-awaited championship.

It’s a topic that’s discussed in a new “E:60” episode about Bledsoe that aired Sunday on ESPN. Much of Bledsoe’s story is known to Patriots fans at this point, but a candid retrospective view of his career in the “E:60” episode provides a fuller perspective of one…