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
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You need a big play to give you a spark, ... After that, we didn't have any negative plays on first and second downs.
Well, I'm not where I want to be,
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I know when I'm healthy, I can compete with any quarterback in this league and help this team win. To have that scenario next year is pretty exciting for me.
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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.
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In the bottom of my heart I felt New York was the place to be. I was just hoping we would come to an agreement where both sides would be committed and share the risks.
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I didn't even know about the injury until you told me about it after the game,
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Byron is pretty amazing physically as far as the punishment he can take and still respond and try to help his team win games. I know how tough he is. I have seen it for a long time. It takes a lot to get him out of the game.
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I'm proud of the response and I'm not surprised. Robin and I received a lot of support while we were here. People were so generous to us and other players here. Once people find out what it's for, they come through. This is a way to give back to the community. People are interested and want to be a part of helping improve quality of life.
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I feel comfortable and confident enough to where we can go in and execute the offense the way I'm coached to do,
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How important a story this is. It's about an athletic resurrection and community's resurrection and the way people embraced Marshall University. Not a lot of people can say they've been a part of that.
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I told him I was proud of him for all the work he's put in. After all the criticism he's been through, to do what he did this year is remarkable. When your organization drafts someone to replace you and you end up being the leader of a division champion, that's just inspirational.
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The biggest adjustment for me is, I try to get inside a coordinator's head, ... That's going to take some time still, but I think we accomplished a lot in the preseason.
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It was just there, ... It never was a thing where we truly had to sit down and work on it. It just happened. It's really unexplainable.
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Things feel really good. ... My whole focus is to get healthy, because when I'm healthy, no one can really argue with the success I've had as a quarterback and us as a team.