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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (17447)	1/3/2003 4:55:07 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 45644

Mary, Funny running into you here, I think of you as a baseball fan that barely tolerates football. I don't know anything about the drafting of Pennington, maybe some of the other nice folks here remember. Mr. Parcels is not a popular figure around the Tampa area... I think you know that story. The man signs multi-year contracts, and within days backs out. Is that the type you want running your organization? Good luck in the playoffs. Are you a Jet's fan, Giants? John

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (17447)	1/4/2003 6:33:52 PM
From: LTK007	Respond to of 45644

Jets had 4, that is right, 4 first round picks in 2000. Parcells and Groh were making the picks and they skipped over him twice but on seeing him still on the board at pick 18, they took him. It seems it was in their eyes a no lose situation, they did need a back-up QB and they had already got their two primary picks and Pennington was the highest rated QB that year. 3 teams that were expected to pick him passed on him:Steelers,Broncos and 49ers. So in summation it seems Jets picked Pennington because GMs before them made a bad decision. <<'I'm staying Green' Pennington slides to No. 18, but happy to be with Jets Click here for more on this story Posted: Sunday April 16, 2000 04:00 AM Chad Pennington is trading in his green and white Marshall jersey for the Jets' green and white. Jonathan Daniel/Allsport NEW YORK, N.Y. (AP) -- New York already has Park Place. Now it will be known as Pennington's pad. Marshall quarterback Chad Pennington was selected 18th overall by the New York Jets in the first round of Saturday's NFL draft. "I'm staying green, so I'm doing great," Pennington said from his parents' home in Knoxville, Tenn. As many as 40 relatives and friends, including former Marshall teammate Larry McCloud, were there to celebrate with him. "I've got calls coming from everywhere" Pennington said. Pennington has no second thoughts about going from a small school in the heart of Appalachia to the glare of the Big Apple. "That makes it more exciting. They're great football fans. They're awesome," Pennington said, having watched Jets fans at the draft call his name earlier in the first round. "Hopefully, I'll win them over to my side." The Jets, who had four first-round picks overall, passed over Pennington twice earlier in the round but refused to overlook him a third time. Jets coach Al Groh said he was somewhat surprised that Pennington was still available. "It is a very fortuitous call for us because usually when you get this type of quarterback you have to use your first-round selection to get him," Groh said. "We've already taken two players that will really help our team and yet were also able to get a first-round selection at quarterback." Still, the selection was considered somewhat of a surprise, even to Pennington. Vinny Testaverde, coming back from a torn Achilles tendon, is New York's No. 1 quarterback. Ray Lucas replaced him last season, but the Jets felt they needed more protection at the position and selected Pennington. "It's a win-win situation for me," Pennington said. "I go into a great football town, where I've got one of the best coaches in [quarterbacks coach] Dan Henning being my mentor, and Vinnie Testaverde being my teacher." Three teams that had considered taking Pennington passed him over earlier in the round. The Pittsburgh Steelers took Michigan State receiver Plaxico Burress; the Denver Broncos selected Cal cornerback Deltha O'Neal, and the San Francisco 49ers took Michigan State linebacker Julian Peterson. "I do like Chad Pennington, but I do like Brian Griese and I do like Gus Frerotte," said Broncos coach Mike Shanahan. "I've got two quarterbacks who are going to fight it out." As the minutes turned into hours, Pennington wasn't dejected over the initial snub. "No, not at all," he said. Although Pennington was chosen lower in the round than some expected, he was still the first quarterback selected. Pennington finished fifth in this year's Heisman Trophy balloting. He led the Thundering Herd to a 13-0 record and a No. 10 ranking in the final Associated Press poll. He finished his career with 13,143 yards passing and 115 touchdown passes.>>

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (17447)	1/4/2003 6:40:31 PM
From: LTK007	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 45644

Comments from draft analyzer on CNNSI.com <<Clearly the best QB in the draft and the only one worthy of a first-round pick. Combines athleticism and mobility with a very accurate arm. All concerns about him as a smaller-college player were answered at the Senior Bowl and at least four teams were thinking about him in the first round. When you study next year's draft, it doesn't appear at this time to be a good draft for QBs. This makes this selection even more important. He gets an opportunity with the Jets not to play right away. He'll sit behind Vinny and will learn. He enters a very tough market. In a year or two from now, they'll demand he plays and then he'll have to perform well to stay. I'm sure the Jets were very happy to find him available at 18. >> sportsillustrated.cnn.com