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Originally Posted by SniperSB23

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.

Uh, that's EXACTLY what they did.. The Jets had been testing the Pennington trade waters off and on for months. No one wanted to pay $3 million for a backup, Chad wanted to start, and he didn't want to take another pay cut. Chad had no future in the organization, even before the Favre trade, but out of gratitude, they put him on the open market rather than trade him somewhere he didn't want to go.

Like I said, I didn't see anyone calling it "the dumbest move of the offseason" at the time, because everyone figured the Dolphins would suck and were in rebuilding mode. Now because they're good, the move looks bad. Hindsight is 20/20, but the Jets' hands were tied and I'm fine with what they did.

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Originally Posted by ateamstupid

Uh, that's EXACTLY what they did.. The Jets had been testing the Pennington trade waters off and on for months. No one wanted to pay $3 million for a backup, Chad wanted to start, and he didn't want to take another pay cut. Chad had no future in the organization, even before the Favre trade, but out of gratitude, they put him on the open market rather than trade him somewhere he didn't want to go.

Like I said, I didn't see anyone calling it "the dumbest move of the offseason" at the time, because everyone figured the Dolphins would suck and were in rebuilding mode. Now because they're good, the move looks bad. Hindsight is 20/20, but the Jets' hands were tied and I'm fine with what they did.

Considering there were pre-draft rumors that if the Jets drafted Matt Ryan they would have dealt Pennington to Baltimore for a 2nd or 3rd round pick I have to imagine they could have found someone willing to pay $3 million for him in exchange for a 7th rounder. He was released the same day they got Favre so it isn't like they shopped him around at that point when people knew they would dump him for anything.

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Originally Posted by SniperSB23

Considering there were pre-draft rumors that if the Jets drafted Matt Ryan they would have dealt Pennington to Baltimore for a 2nd or 3rd round pick I have to imagine they could have found someone willing to pay $3 million for him in exchange for a 7th rounder. He was released the same day they got Favre so it isn't like they shopped him around at that point when people knew they would dump him for anything.

You're not listening. The Jets had been shopping him around since last season ended, but no one wanted a guy off two shoulder surgeries with a $3 million salary and a need to start. The only reason they didn't cut him before the Favre trade was because the jury was out on Clemens, and because Clemens was disappointing in training camp. Chad had absolutely no future with the Jets, and it was clear that no one wanted to trade for him. I still don't understand what you think they should've done.

I didn't see any of those Baltimore rumors and they sound like bullshit.