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
eventually feels matter reads throws trying work worked
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.
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.
sunday play guy
Byron is one tough guy and he can play through just about anything. I know he will be ready to go on Sunday.
knows ifs
How can you truly know what success is, if you’ve never experienced failure?
football play challenges
That's where the challenge has been. Balancing football and life. Trying not to replay every play in my head while I'm with my family. Sometimes, I've done it well. Other times, I haven't.
football college play
I was a college football fanatic, and I wanted to play, not sit on the sidelines. It's tough when you know you're just a project.
hurt wall guy
I'm a strategic guy. I'm gonna figure out ways to hurt the defense, but it's not gonna be about throwing a ball through a wall.
team quarterback position
To me, the quarterback position is about getting your team out of bad things and into good ones.
football
There's more to me than football. It's just part of my life.
fun stress perfect
Sometimes I stress too much and don't have fun. If you're trying to be perfect, sometimes it backfires on you.
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.
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.