Does Chad Pennington to the Chiefs Make Sense?

by Chris Thorman on Oct 30, 2007 1:34 PM CDT in 2007 Kansas City Chiefs Campaign

I don't want him but Adam Schefter seems to think Kansas City is a logical spot for Pennington to end up.

Jets QB Chad Pennington is expected to surface on a team that is grooming a young quarterback not yet ready to play. There are two logical possibilities. The most intriguing is the Kansas City Chiefs, where Pennington would be reunited with his former Jets head coach, Herm Edwards. The others would be the Minnesota Vikings, a team that already has added former Jets quarterback Brooks Bollinger, and the Carolina Panthers, who recently brought in another former Jets quarterback, Vinny Testaverde. But NFL personnel people said Monday they didn't believe Pennington would fetch much in a trade for the Jets, if anything at all. -- NFL Network

I have never, ever been a Chad Pennington guy. I really dislike quarterbacks with weak arms. The only way Pennington comes to KC (and there is a .1% chance he will) is if Damon Huard is injured in the coming weeks. Even then, it seems it would be too tempting for Herm Edwards to throw Brodie Croyle in there as is.

We'll put this one in the "Lack of better news" category.

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Few things

I warned about this. It probably won't happen, but I can hear Herm's little gears ticking from here.
I've stated my case against Huard. That said. I will wholeheartedly throw my lot behind Huard if Captain Hook comes to town.
Yikes.

by Ridiculous Matt on Oct 30, 2007 1:45 PM CDT reply actions

This means...

... that I quit.

I survived Kinney, DeBerg, and Grbac.

I won't make it if we sign Noodle Arm.

Just can't do it.

It would truly mean we aren't committed to winning.

The day his signing is announced is the day I hold open auditions for any AFC team wanting a serious fan.

It would pain me, but I just couldn't take the kind of torture he'd put us through.

by mikvogel on Oct 30, 2007 2:04 PM CDT reply actions

Similary

I've also voiced that I'd quit if Jared Allen left.

by webby37 on Oct 30, 2007 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions

One things for sure.

We wont be able to take advantage of Bowe's vertical attack with Penningtons weak arm. That guy's washed up, id rather have Kyle Boller.YUK

Derrick Thomas- G.O.A.T

by D Thomas on Oct 30, 2007 2:32 PM CDT reply actions

Disaster

I like Herm Edwards, but one thing that bothers me is his loyalty to people that don't deserve it.

I will be extremely dissappointed if that loyalty will extend to Chad Pennington, a QB that he inexplicably is crazy about, but who has never done anything to earn it.

The only problem I really have with Huard is his weak arm and age. I want a QB that is dynamic and will be the team leader for the next decade. Chad Pennington certainly doesn't fit any of the above roles.

by DJ @ Arrowhead Pride on Oct 30, 2007 7:52 PM CDT reply actions

When you think about it

there are very few QBs who are going to stay with one team for 10 years and be the type of team leader you're talking about. There's just a handful of those types of QBs left.

by Joel Thorman on Oct 30, 2007 8:03 PM CDT up reply actions

We must be looking for our dynasty QB

I think we all would agree that we all want the Chiefs to go to the Super Bowl and win. That is of course the goal. But the ultimate goal is a dynasty that will have us in Super Bowl contention every single year.

San Francisco 49ers had Joe Montana
Dallas Cowboys had Roger Staubauch and Troy Aikman
New England Patriots have Tom Brady
Indianapolis Colts have Peyton Manning
Denver Broncos had John Elway
Buffalo Bills had Jim Kelly

Of the 41 Super Bowls, these 7 guys led their teams to 24 combined appearances.

Teams might have one good year with a mediocre or poor QB, but they do not become dynasties.

We have seen what happens with the Chiefs when they have a decent team with a mediocre QB. For the past 15 years we get to the playoffs only to lose in the first game.

We should be looking for our dynasty QB who has the talent and most importantly, the leadership to lift the team past this block of just making it to the playoffs every year, to being Super Bowl participants every year.

Now especially with the level of play Peyton Manning and Tom Brady are playing at, to be able to compete, we have to be searching for someone who can play at their level.

Difficult? Of course. But those guys are out there. Maybe we already have him....

by DJ @ Arrowhead Pride on Oct 30, 2007 8:56 PM CDT reply actions

You Clearly

have not seen the pinpoint laser accuracy of Damon Huard's check down pass to Larry Johnson for a gain of 2.

If you had, you would know that the dynasty QB is already playing.

Marvel at the way he avoids the sack for a whole 2 seconds, only succumbing to the sack in the third second.

Watch as he dishes to Kris Wilson too high for a drop, luring the defense closer and closer before he crushes them with a check down pass short of the first down.

The future is now.

by Ridiculous Matt on Oct 30, 2007 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions