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SniperSB23 · #1 11-07-2008, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Crown@club

Buffalo is hurting defensively, and opponents are starting to try to let Trent beat them.

McGee should finally be recovered fully which should help. Him not being at 100% the past two weeks has really killed them since McElvin hasn't been able to step up. They actually were moving Whitner to nickel when McGee was out because McElvin has been so useless. Schobel's injury hurts but he's a bit overrated to begin with. Whitner's injury probably hurts the most but fortunately they do have some depth at safety. It all comes down to whether they can run the ball and not turn it over. If they do that they can beat anybody, if they don't do that they can lose to anybody.

Cannon Shell · #2 11-07-2008, 11:29 AM

SniperSB23 · #3 11-07-2008, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

They should be a solid 9-7 if Pennington stays healthy. Of course only once in the past five years has that actually happened. Dumbest move of the offseason has to be a tie between the Raiders signing of Deangelo Hall and the Jets cutting Pennington which allowed him to be picked up by a division rival.

ateamstupid · #4 11-07-2008, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by SniperSB23

They should be a solid 9-7 if Pennington stays healthy. Of course only once in the past five years has that actually happened. Dumbest move of the offseason has to be a tie between the Raiders signing of Deangelo Hall and the Jets cutting Pennington which allowed him to be picked up by a division rival.

Um, not really. There was no one interested in giving up anything for Pennington, and keeping him on the roster with Favre and Clemens wasn't an option. The Jets knew that the Pats wouldn't pick him up and didn't feel threatened by the Dolphins.

They, along with just about everyone, were dead wrong about him and the Dolphins. Miami has a good shot to be 10-6 at the end of the year. If anyone says they saw that at the beginning of the season, they're lying.

SniperSB23 · #5 11-07-2008, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Um, not really. There was no one interested in giving up anything for Pennington, and keeping him on the roster with Favre and Clemens wasn't an option. The Jets knew that the Pats wouldn't pick him up and didn't feel threatened by the Dolphins.

They, along with just about everyone, were dead wrong about him and the Dolphins. Miami has a good shot to be 10-6 at the end of the year. If anyone says they saw that at the beginning of the season, they're lying.

I didn't see them as a 10-6 team but did think they'd be 6-10 to 7-9 with the addition of Pennington and thought that addition took them from a guaranteed 2-0 for the Bills and Jets against them to a likely 1-1. Throwing a game away is never smart in a league this competitive. They could have traded him for a conditional 7th rounder to a team that needed a backup. I'm sure Dallas wishes they'd done that at this point.

ateamstupid · #6 11-07-2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SniperSB23

I didn't see them as a 10-6 team but did think they'd be 6-10 to 7-9 with the addition of Pennington and thought that addition took them from a guaranteed 2-0 for the Bills and Jets against them to a likely 1-1. Throwing a game away is never smart in a league this competitive. They could have traded him for a conditional 7th rounder to a team that needed a backup. I'm sure Dallas wishes they'd done that at this point.

Chad didn't want any part of being a backup, and in recognition of his contributions to the team, the Jets cut him loose so he could go attempt to find a starting job. Putting that on par with Count Al giving a big contract to DeCancerlo Hall is weird.

SniperSB23 · #7 11-07-2008, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Chad didn't want any part of being a backup, and in recognition of his contributions to the team, the Jets cut him loose so he could go attempt to find a starting job. Putting that on par with Count Al giving a big contract to DeCancerlo Hall is weird.

Deangelo Hall got paid $8 million this year for 8 games. Total ripoff? Sure, but in the realm of terrible sports contracts it isn't even close. Billy Wagner is going to get $11 million next year to recover from Tommy John surgery. Didn't Keith Van Horn just get $5 million to sign for one day so he could be traded and then waived?

The fact is, regardless of the contributions and what Pennington deserved throwing away football games in the NFL is always a terrible idea. They should have at least taken a few days to test the waters and if there were truly no offers for a conditional 7th rounder that Chad found acceptable then do the right thing and let him loose.