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
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.
dolphins drive football good needed offense points step talk team
We talk about our football team complementing each other. The Dolphins put a good drive together, and on offense we needed to step up and put some points on the board. That's what we did.
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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.
certainly coach jets playing talking week
It was certainly a blue-collar win. Coach (Herman Edwards) has been talking to us all week about playing Jets football, playing fundamental football.
people plenty prove
There are going to be plenty of critics, there already have been, and plenty of people who say I can't make it back and I can't do this and I can't do that. That's the way I want it to be because when you do succeed, when you do prove people wrong, it makes it even sweeter.
care red squander three zone
When you get into the red zone you want to be aggressive, but when you don't have the look that you want to take care of the football, you don't want to squander three points,
feeling finger great receiver
When you have a feeling for a receiver, ... you can't put a finger on it. We just have a connection. He's a great receiver and he makes me better.
football learn players work
To be honest, it probably made us better football players in the end, ... We had to go out and learn to work with other people.
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There are not too many universities around the nation, no matter what division they play in, that can say they have the support we do as Marshall University football players.
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It feels much better. I'm trying to work through some things and it's just a work in progress. It's a matter of time. You can't be frustrated. You have to keep working and feel comfortable with making the right reads and eventually the throws will come and you'll get all the kinks worked out.
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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.
felt good incomplete pass receiver three time
That was probably the first time in three years that I overthrew a receiver and the first time I had an incomplete pass that I really felt good about.
good indication
That, ... was my first indication that I had a pretty good feel for the guy.
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.