Chad Pennington

Chad Pennington
James Chadwick "Chad" Penningtonis a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League for eleven years. He is currently a color analyst for NFL telecasts on Fox. He was drafted by the New York Jets in the first round, as the eighteenth overall selection in the 2000 NFL Draft...
ProfessionFootball Player
Date of Birth26 June 1976
CityKnoxville, TN
jobs good-job feels
When I'm decisive, I feel I do a good job.
character
Have character; don't be a character.
nfl sitting let-me
Sitting let me learn what the NFL is all about.
league miss move players
We'll miss Kevin. But that's what the league is all about. Sometimes players have to move on.
lunch pack
Pack a lunch and get ready. It's going to be a long day.
negative plays second
You need a big play to give you a spark, ... After that, we didn't have any negative plays on first and second downs.
believe coach decision doubt final heart help lead team wants win
I think that Coach wants me to lead this team if at all possible. Obviously, as a coach, he has to make the final decision and he has to feel in his heart that he can believe in me and have no doubt that I can help our team win and lead this team. A lot of that has to do with my health.
against couple defense forward gives looking looks opportunity playing
I was looking forward to this game, playing against a defense that gives us different looks and playing more than a couple of series. It was an opportunity that I squandered.
act carry effect himself huge leading players superstar younger
He has superstar stats and he is a superstar, but he doesn't act like a superstar. It has a huge effect on the younger players to see the league's leading rusher carry himself the way Curtis does.
needs player remember
He needs to remember his roots, ... He was a player once. He should know what we go through.
happened mind stays whatever
Whatever happened in Albany stays there. It happened so long ago that it's not in my mind anymore.
knew talking wife
My wife was about to kill me after a while. She knew it was important that I was talking to him, but we were talking excessively on the phone.
complete gain jets quicker stronger weight
My plan's to gain some weight and come back bigger, stronger and quicker and to be the complete quarterback that I know that I can be and that the Jets need me to be to be successful.
analytical coach game miss perfect playing talked trying worry
I'm trying not to be to analytical and not too perfect. That's one thing Coach Heimerdinger talked about. Play, and you may miss something, but don't worry about it. Just keep playing the game. That's what he's been working with me on, playing a game and not trying to be perfect on every play.