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
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.
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.
character
Have character; don't be a character.
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.
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.
criticism division drafts leader proud replace work year
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.
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.
league miss move players
We'll miss Kevin. But that's what the league is all about. Sometimes players have to move on.
nfl sitting let-me
Sitting let me learn what the NFL is all about.
jobs good-job feels
When I'm decisive, I feel I do a good job.