Bledsoe earned his spot back in that championship game but it was a good enough team to call "plug and play" so they went with "sexy" in Brady.
I'll always say it was Bledsoe's ring even though we all know who was named the super bowl starter and earned the mpv. I remember feeling the excitement thinking Bledsoe was going to get to play in that super bowl and then the huge let down when the starter was named.
Yes it's stubborn bitterness, but you just don't do a guy that way.