I know the Chiefs are committed to Brodie Croyle. I know the Chiefs' offense under Chad Gailey is...

I know the Chiefs are committed to Brodie Croyle. I know the Chiefs' offense under Chad Gailey is not the same scheme Pennington ran for Herm Edwards in New York.

And I know Pennington has been injury prone. Playing behind a shaky line in Kansas City is an invitation to the disabled list.

BUT ... Croyle is just as injury prone, if not more so. And when he goes down, I'll take my chances with Pennington over Tyler Thigpen or Damon Huard.

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I'll take my chances...

not getting hepatitis from a Liberty Memorial $5 gummer over Pennington.

by HIV 2 Elway on Aug 7, 2008 10:19 AM CDT 0 recs

Randy Covit

terrible article, waste of newspaper

by DuctTapeMessiah on Aug 7, 2008 10:47 AM CDT 0 recs

He's got you though

Online only. Waste of digital space then? :)

by primetime 07 on Aug 7, 2008 11:06 AM CDT up 0 recs

And glue and water and tinfoil and possibly some chicken wire...

Oh, you were talking about the article, not Pennington.

by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Aug 7, 2008 1:24 PM CDT up 0 recs

snapola

that was hilarious… I’m still chuckling.

by Ochophosphate on Aug 7, 2008 7:32 PM CDT up 0 recs

We have 39 million in cap space and one of the most uninspiring starting quarterbacks that I’ve seen since becoming a chiefs’ fan in 94’. Still, Pennington would almost certainly get hurt at some point, so I don’t want to part with any of the backups either.

by mchief on Aug 7, 2008 11:31 AM CDT 0 recs

Bono/Grbac/Moon/Huard?

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/uninspired

...just sayin.

by Official Arrowhead Pride Parade on Aug 7, 2008 1:32 PM CDT up 0 recs

Those four names seal the deal against signing Pennington

by Lanier63 on Aug 8, 2008 6:47 AM CDT up 1 recs

Apples To Oranges

Bono and Grbac were brought in to be the starters…Pennington isn’t. Huard was never a quality starter for any team, Pennington has been. Moon was the only comparable and he was 11 years older than Pennington when we signed him (and had a worse season his final year with Seattle than Pennington had last year in NY). So he’s not really all that similar to Moon. Frankly, if Pennington comes here as a backup and posts a season like last year, he’ll be a decent signing for us. Especially if we get him for less than we’re paying Huard.

Supporting the lesser of two evils is still supporting something evil.

by UCrawford on Aug 8, 2008 9:38 AM CDT up 0 recs

Croyle more injury prone than Pennington??

Really? As far as I recall, Pennington’s noodle-arm fell apart in back to back seasons. Croyle blew some knees in college, and had a small case of puss-itus last year with his back and such.

I’ll hold off on saying Crizzle is as injury prone as Pennington until Crizzle misses almost two whole consecutive seasons because his throwing arm is torched.

I’m all for Pimpington as a backup to Crizzle. I’d take him over Pigpen and Grandpa Huard fo sho. I wouldn’t dump any of our other QB’s though… we could have another year like the Jets had in ‘05 (?) when everybody bit the dust and they had to bring in Testes-Verde.

by Ochophosphate on Aug 7, 2008 11:35 AM CDT 0 recs

In addition

I’d rather us try to snake the Spleeninator out of Tampa Bay (Simms). At least he’s still young enough to grow with the team if necessary.

by Ochophosphate on Aug 7, 2008 11:37 AM CDT up 0 recs

Simms Sucks

He’s never played a full season, he didn’t play at all last year and the times he did play in 2006 he wasn’t good. He had a moderately interesting season in 2005, but that was three years ago and there’s been a lot of damage to the guy since then. 2005 was also the only year his TDs outnumbered his INTs. Pass.

Supporting the lesser of two evils is still supporting something evil.

by UCrawford on Aug 7, 2008 11:41 AM CDT up 0 recs

my memory is froggy

I only remember the season where his spleen exploded and nearly killed him. I thought he was doing ok up to that point, or at least improving. Was that ‘06?

Oh well… if Pennington Bear goes to Miami (as you mentioned below) that is fine. Perhaps we will shop elsewhere? It sounds like Herm wants to get another arm if for nothing else just to relieve the current 3 fellas… to lower their pitch count if you will.

by Ochophosphate on Aug 7, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up 0 recs

That Was '05.

He had a pretty good season in 2005, actually. 60+% completion, more TDs than INTs, solid downfield passing numbers. In 2006 his numbers were worse than his numbers in 2004. Although it was, in all fairness, a small sample size of three games, but still he was absolutely horrible for those three games (two of them against very underwhelming opponents).

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/game_query.cgi?qb=SimmCh00&yr=2006

Supporting the lesser of two evils is still supporting something evil.

by UCrawford on Aug 7, 2008 12:11 PM CDT up 0 recs

Dolphins Are Apparently Making A Play For Pennington

If so, I don’t think we’ve got a shot at him. The Dolphins will likely start Pennington if they can sign him so Henne and Beck have a little breathing room in their development. Plus, it’s in the same division so there may be a comfort level there.

Supporting the lesser of two evils is still supporting something evil.

by UCrawford on Aug 7, 2008 11:45 AM CDT 0 recs

Vinny > Noodle arm

Show Vinny some respect, the man’s a Tecmo legend.

by HIV 2 Elway on Aug 7, 2008 12:55 PM CDT 0 recs

The way he lofted that ball over 100 yards

in his white and orange uniform was pure beauty :)

by PVChiefsfan on Aug 7, 2008 1:18 PM CDT up 0 recs

I say

why waste a dime on Mr. “Washed Up” Pennington. He was Herm’s boy in New York. That alone is enough to make a sensible person shy away from him.

by G.L. on Aug 7, 2008 3:05 PM CDT 0 recs

In case you hadn't noticed

we now have an entire team of “Herm’s boys” ;)

by PVChiefsfan on Aug 7, 2008 3:31 PM CDT up 0 recs

One Great BIG Vote...

... NO!

Chad is not the answer at QB for us, as either a backup or a starter.

Now, I’m not dim enough to believe that Noodle-arm doesn’t own a squishy-soft spot in Herm’s great big heart, but there’s no way he can sell Chad’s slow-footed, OLD, and expensive self to us and still look us in the eye and give us the “young, unproven, and inexpensive” line about our team and Free Agents.

I’m not going to buy it.

Chad- you’re a nice guy. You’ve got a shitty arm. Yes, you and Herm backed your way into the playoffs a couple of times b/c the AFC West kept beating itself up. I wish you the very best. I hope you were smart with your money. Now- just so we’re clear- stay the F*$# away from Kansas City.

by mikvogel on Aug 7, 2008 4:13 PM CDT 0 recs

Herm was moon eyed

gaa-gaa over Pennington when he was in New York. Nevermind that Pennington had done nothing at all on the field to deserve Herm’s goofy assed man crush. Pennington sucks, pure and simple. We need another washed up Jet like we need to listen to more crap from Donkies fans.

by G.L. on Aug 8, 2008 2:52 PM CDT 0 recs

Hate To Break It To You

But Pennington’s got a better QB rating over his career than Trent Green. His TD/INT ratio is about the same (Pennington 7.45/5, Green 3/2) and his completion percentage is five points higher, although that’s alleviated by Green being a better deep passer. Basically Pennington’s been about the same caliber QB as Trent, so claiming that he’s done “nothing” on the field is a bit of an exaggeration on your part.

Supporting the lesser of two evils is still supporting something evil.

by UCrawford on Aug 8, 2008 3:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

Oh please,

Pennington is not going to set any team on fire. He is as lackluster a quarterback as I can think of. I hate to break it to you but Pennington still sucks.

by G.L. on Aug 8, 2008 4:51 PM CDT 0 recs

When Pennington is healthy

He has always been a playoff caliber QB, the problem is he just can’t stay healthy. I think this would be a good backup signing, but I know that wont happen. We won’t get him for less than Huard, I think I recall Huard’s deal being around 2 Million after they restructured his contract.

by Shawn on Aug 8, 2008 5:19 PM CDT 0 recs