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Butch Songin
Butch Songin became the first starting quarterback for the Patriots in 1960, when the franchise was first established. He went on to start for the first 12 games of the season, and Tom Greene replaced him as starting quarterback for the final two games of the season. -
Babe Parilli
Babe Parilli was the next starting quarterback for the Patriots, from 1961 to 1967.Parilli finished his career with over 25,000 total yards and 200 touchdowns, ending among the top five quarterbacks in 23 categories such as passing yards, passing touchdowns and rushing yards. -
Jim Plunkett
In 1971, when the team moved to Foxborough and renamed from the "Boston Patriots" to the "New England Patriots", Jim Plunkett took over as quarterback.Plunkett started every regular season game for four straight seasons.until he was replaced by Steve Grogan as the first-string starting quarterback in 1975 -
steve grogan
Grogan was the only starting quarterback for six straight seasons, until Matt Cavanaugh started for four of the sixteen games in 1980. Grogan would continue to start for the Patriots for parts of seasons until his retirement in 1990. -
Matt Cavanaugh
Matt Cavanaugh started for four of the sixteen games in 1980 for patriots -
tony Eason
Eason was selected by the New England Patriots in the first round (15th overall pick) of the 1983 NFL Draft. He was one of six quarterbacks picked in the first round of the 1983 Draft along with John Elway (1st pick), Todd Blackledge (7th pick), Jim Kelly (14th pick), Ken O'Brien (24th pick), and Dan Marino (27th pick) -
Grogan
Grogan would continue to start for the Patriots for parts of seasons until his retirement in 1990.[9] Grogan finished his career with 135 games as starting quarterbacks, the second-most of any Patriots starting quarterback ever. -
Hugh Millen
Millen signed with the New England Patriots on April 1, 1991, as a Plan B free agent. In the fourth week of 1991 season, Millen replaced Tommy Hodson as the starting quarterback for the Patriots. Millen's record as the starter was 5-7, and the Patriots overall record for that year was 6-10; a vast improvement from their 1-15 record from a season ago. -
Drew Bledsoe
the Patriots had no regular starting quarterback, with as many as five in one season, until Drew Bledsoe was drafted as the #1 overall pick in the 1993 NFL Draft. Bledsoe led the team to four playoff appearances (1994, 1996, 1997, and 1998), two AFC East championships (1996 and 1997), and an AFC Championship (1997).Bledsoe was the team's primary starting quarterback for eight straight seasons until a hit by New York Jets linebacker Mo Lewis sheared a blood vessel in his -
Tom Brady
Tom Brady, the current quarterback since 2001, has led the team for more regular season games (207), post-season games (29), Super Bowl appearances (6), and complete seasons (12) than any other quarterback in franchise history. Brady's only incomplete seasons were 2001, when he replaced Bledsoe as the starting quarterback and 2008, when he suffered a season-ending knee injury in the first game of the regular season. Matt Cassel started the remaining fifteen games, and despite missing the playoff
