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12-29-2008Congratulations, Chad Pennington!
As you may already know, I'm a big fan of Chad Pennington and was very upset with the way that the Jets released him before this season began. Even though I'm still a Jets fan, I'm very happy that Chad took his Dolphins to the playoffs after they had a 1-15 season last year.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The joke making its way around the Giants Stadium press box in the final minutes of Miami's 24-17 win over the Jets on Sunday night was that Brett Favre's Jets jersey — the league's high seller in 2008 — would be 75 percent off at sporting goods stores in the tri-state area by Monday morning.
The grand irony, of course, is that it was Chad Pennington's Jets jersey on those very clearance racks just six months ago.
Pennington's 2008 campaign is one a Hollywood studio wouldn't touch. Too unrealistic. Too absurd.
Unceremoniously dumped by the Jets at 11:30 the evening Favre was acquired, Pennington found his way as a free agent to Miami with an impossible task at hand: bring a 1-15 team from a year ago back to respectability.
He did all that and more, and on Sunday night, it was Pennington, not Favre, wearing an "AFC East Champions" baseball cap, celebrating with his teammates.
Quote of the Day
"I would rather take a bath and an elbow in the chest than a shower with no elbow in the chest."
- Josh France, age 9