Interesting article in today's Miami Herald on the Dolphins new free agent quarterback. Gee, why couldn't we pick up a guy like this who comes, picks up our offense right away... Miami Dolphins' Pennington taking command of offense Posted on Thu, Sep. 25, 2008reprint print email BY JEFF DARLINGTON jdarlington@MiamiHerald.com HECTOR GABINO / EL NUEVO HERALD When the Dolphins were busy preparing for Sunday's game against the Patriots, coach Tony Sparano had specific instructions for quarterback Chad Pennington every time he lined up as a wide receiver in the team's Wildcat offense. 'I told him, `Just get the hell out of the way if you can, please,' '' Sparano said. ``If you've got to run off the field, then run off the field.'' It was not a knock on Pennington. Sparano didn't want his quarterback getting hurt. But Pennington's co-starring role in the wildly successful scheme couldn't have been more symbolic of the attention he has received since. While everyone else was watching running back Ronnie Brown on Sunday, Pennington was putting together a performance of historic significance. He did it so quietly and patiently, not even the players catching the passes realized his accomplishment. On Sunday, the most accurate passer in NFL history had the most accurate game of his nine-year career. Pennington, who is more efficient than any quarterback with at least 1,500 attempts, completed 85 percent of his passes Sunday. ''That's crazy,'' said tight end David Martin, who caught a 21-yard pass from Pennington. ``I didn't even know that. I guess we really did have a lot of things working.'' By completing 17 of 20 passes, Pennington's completion percentage also was the second-best in Dolphins history with a minimum of 12 passes, surpassing everyone except Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griese, who completed 12 of 13 passes (92.3 percent) against the Patriots in 1978. GOOD FEELING ''It's the best feeling you can have as an offensive football player,'' Pennington said of his performance. ``It really is because you just feel like whatever's called, good things are going to happen. ``To have that feeling, it doesn't get any better than that.'' Pennington's performance wasn't the result of an ultraconservative approach in the passing game, either. He completed six passes for longer than 15 yards. His longest -- a 33-yard completion to wide receiver Greg Camarillo -- went about 23 yards in the air with 10 yards after the catch. More important was Pennington's efficiency early in drives. When he passed the ball on first down, he completed 8 of 9 attempts for an average of 13.1 yards. On all but two of those attempts, the Dolphins needed 4 yards at most to move the chains on second down. Such a scenario put Miami in a position to throw or pass on second down, which allowed the team to take more chances with the Wildcat formation. ''That's why [Pennington] is so successful,'' tight end Anthony Fasano said. ``And I think it's one of the reasons that made us so successful on offense. We kept the chains moving, and we didn't get ourselves backed up into long downs and distances.'' Although Pennington didn't have many chances to throw the ball -- which could have decreased his efficiency -- his performance shouldn't be diminished by the lack of opportunities. Pennington did exactly what the Dolphins hoped he would when they signed him: He kept drives going by being an effective game manager. ''He puts the ball exactly where it needs to be,'' Camarillo said. ``He throws it before the receiver makes the break. When you turn around, the ball is right there. As a receiver, you can't ask for anything more.'' GETTING COMFORTABLE After a solid season opener followed by a rough performance against Arizona, Pennington appears to be growing more comfortable with his receivers. Now, the Dolphins can only hope he continues his trend. If he does, it will allow his teammates to benefit from ideal situations on offense. That is just fine with Pennington. If the team is winning, there will be enough attention to go around. ''I think we complemented each other well,'' Pennington said. ``That's how you play good, solid football. ``And that's what we're learning how to do.''
I didn't know Schotty and Favre worked together 6 years ago??.... You lose yet again. Stop with these posts. Its getting annoying.
From all reports, Penny is just keeping the seat warm until the 'Fins OTHER Chad, Chad Henne, is ready to step in. So that performace against the Patriots is probably his last hurrah (unless he maks a comeback down the road like Kurt Warner, Vinny Testaverde, etc.)... Hey, good for Pennington. He won a game for the Dolphins. So... Why couldn't he do that for the Jets last year? He STUNK last year! And he sucked in the preseason as well! He was so bad in the preseason that it looked like Kellen Clemns was going to win the QB job, and he has looked as bad as a QB can look. Look at the game tape! Pennington looked finished! Washed up! FINISHED! So let's see... The Jets coaching staff gave up on him, thought that he was so bad they could not even trade him for a low round draft pick to another team. The Dolphins think he's finished, but think maybe he can keep the seat warm for their guy... But YOU (and all other Chad fans) know more than Bill Parcells, Eric Mangini, Mike Tannenbaum, Tony Sparano, and EVERY SINGLE COACH AND GM besides them who passed on the chance to sign Chad for NOTHING. At this point, all of you Chad Pennington fanatics should look in the mirror and figure out this one, simple fact: YOU ARE LOSERS WHO KNOW NOTHING ABOUT NFL FOOTBALL! Otherwise, you'd be working for a team by now. If I am wrong? Then so is every other coach and GM in the NFL, and YOU are some kind of GENIUS who is "misunderstood by the rest of the world." And that is the dictionary definition of "insane."
It was getting annoying a long time ago, now its border line trolling. He's really no better then Raiderjoe and Gorgan at this point.
Ya know, I read the whole article, and there was not one mention of the Jets or any of their players, which begs the question... What the fck is it doing in the Jets forum?!!
In other news, Chad Pennington lost to the Jets in yet another failed 4th quarter comeback attempt. The area he fails in continuously.
Chad performance in the Pat game reminded me of how he dismantled the GBPs in GB a few years back. He was sizzling & almost everything being called by Henning was successful.
Is it just the colors you people root for? That's it. That's loyalty? Chad didn't take us to the promised land but he delivered more good moments for this franchise than most of the QBs we've had across our 40 years. I will root for Chad every game he plays that's not against the green and white. I have lost faith in this regime. I bought into the Mangini Experience because he was supposed to be a disciple of Belichick (the douchebag genius), but it's clear to me now that he 's a pale imitation. He was hired because of his association with Belichick and the thought that he had learned at the feet of the master, but Eric Mangini doesn't do any of the things that make Belichick the best coach in football... He doesn't know how to handle player contract issues He doesn't believe in building around the strengths of his players He jettison's real leaders (Mawae, Kendall, Vilma) from the team and keeps guys around that nobody would follow or listen to (Kassell, Chatham) He doesn't design good game plans (at least not before November), He never make effective half-time adjustments and in his in-game decisions are starting to make Herman Edwards look like Vince Lombardi Now, those are my reasons for building a fire underneath Mangini (and Tannenbaum). Their real reasons, generally accepted facts (although some of you will argue about the value of some of the players I've mentioned). It's not trolling. I've a stake in this team, a huge investment in emotion, time, time away from my family going to games nearly two hours away, and season tickets and merchandise purchases totalling way too much money. Do I want the Jets to win Sunday? Absolutely. Do I want Eric Mangini to suddenly sprout wings and turn into an all-time coach. 100% Yes. I would gladly take all your abuse to be proven wrong. Please, Eric, prove me wrong. Am I being impatient? I don't think so. But I also know that it takes a long time to get back on the right track once you've gone down the wrong track. The day Kotite was hired, I was crushed. Not just because I knew 1995 was going to suck, but because it would take until at least 1997, two seasons at minimum, for Hess to realize his mistake. I was young when I got my tickets. Young single and living 3 miles from the stadium. Now, not so young, not single, and living a 120 miles away from the stadium. My time is at a premium, as is yours. How long should we wait to decide if a young coach has the stuff or not? I think 3 years is fair, especially in light of the way things I've pointed out. Not that it matters, but with me, Eric has 13 more games to show something better.
Yes....it's just colors I root for. I root for whomever is wearing the Jets uniform. Once a player goes to another team, I'm done rooting for them. I still have some Chad stuff up. I valued his time here. I won't take it down because he did some nice things for us. However, I'm done rooting for him because he plays for another team. I don't root for any other team, unless them winning somehow helps the Jets playoff chances. The fact that Mangini may or may not suck doesn't affect my rooting interests. Still go to or watch every game and yell loud.
can one of the mods change the title of this thread to say "I'm a retarded douchebag, hear me roar"...or something along those lines.
How about "Can I hide here? The village is looking for its Idiot and I don't want to go back." Seriously, the guy has to be the biggest dipshit on this board.
YOU ARE NOT A JETS FAN!!!!! No real fan would root for the dolphins. Please go buy yourself a pennington dolphins jeresy and start posting at finheaven.
Are you joking? I spent 4 years sticking up for Chad, waiting for him to come back from injuries, waiting for him to be that 'accurate passer' in clutch situations. A few times he justified my support, but only a few. During that time we continuously heard him talk in the offseason about changing his throwing motion, rehabbing him popgun throwing shoulder, taking fucking KARATE for crying out loud to learn how to take punishment better and not get injured. This isn't even taking into account the fact that his initial shoulder cuff injury was ENTIRELY HIS OWN FAULT. (If you watch that Buffalo game closely, you'll see that he was untouched during the play, he scrambled, dove head-first and came down on his elbow, jamming the bone into the shoulder muscle.) Yes, Chad is a leader and his teammates look up to him as a man, but opposing defense look down on him because he is a man with an old man's throwing arm, and he is as clutch as Alex Rodriguez in the final 2 minutes of a game. Although A-Rod has the physical tools, and Chad does not. I was as loyal to Chad as I plan to be. He is now a Miami Dolphin, which makes him the enemy. I liked Bryan Cox when he played for the Jets, but that didn't make me root for him when he won his ring with NE. Because he was the enemy.
Oh please. Its one win. Chad is what he is a we know that's a decent QB when everything is right. Talk to me when the season is over.
I'm not rooting for the Dolphins. And this is not about rooting for Chad. The fundamental issue with this team right now is that the offense is to complicated and convoluted for anybody to operate it except for a brainiac like Chad. WHen they decided to go with Favre, they should've tailored the offense completely to his style. This regime thinks like a child plays chess, one move at a time, with no thought as to what the next move might be.
