Aug 7th 2008 6:29PM by JJ Cooper (author feed)
Filed under: Chiefs, Dolphins, Jets, Ravens, AFC EastLife may be rough for Aaron Rodgers in the wake of the Brett Favre trade, and I’d hate to be one of the dozen ESPN reporters who got scooped by Jay Glazer, but the biggest loser in the Favre trade may be Chad Pennington.

Until Favre was picked up, Pennington still had a chance to be the Jets starter. Now he’s released, and the reality is that it’s going to be tough for him to find a situation nearly as friendly as the one he had with the Jets.

As we hit the midway point of most training camps, one thing that’s clear is that there aren’t a whole lot of teams who are looking for a potential starting quarterback. There aren’t a whole lot of teams where Pennington would be a clear upgrade over the current talent.

The reality is that a team that signs Pennington has to know what they’re getting. Whether you make him the starter or the backup, you have to have a special playbook set up for Pennington. At this point he’s incapable of throwing the ball consistently more than 20-yards downfield, and forget about calling out routes to the sidelines. Everything has to be short slants, hooks and screens. The Jets were willing to make that sacrifice, even if it meant that a two-minute offense for New York consisted of an amazingly painful series of five-yard dump offs.Continue Reading