If You Can't Beat Him, Sign Him

Pennington signs deal with Dolphins

Great move. Our team has improved overnight. Chad Pennington is a better quarterback than anyone currently on our roster -- Josh McCown wasn't able to hold down a job in Oakland, Detroit, and Arizona...three teams that could have desperately used a QB; John Beck has struggled all throughout training camp; and Chad Henne is still just a rookie -- and he's a lock to start for us from Day One.

He's a little injury prone and has a weak arm (he can't get much zip or much velocity on 20-yard out patterns), but those are about the only criticisms that I can come up with. Otherwise, he contributes a lot to the team: renowned leadership abilities, pinpoint accuracy, is a longtime starter in this league, has the endorsed approval of Bill Parcells (he was the one who drafted him out of Marshall), is experienced with Dan Henning's slow-and-steady run-based offense, very cerebral with a keen understanding of X's and O's.

He's unspectacular, but steady. And that's an upgrade for us. I can't wait until he memorizes the playbook and gets up to speed with the rest of the offense.

Twice a year, every year, Pennington would convert a 3rd-and-long by connecting with Wayne Cherbet in the flat, or hit a streaking Laverneas Coles down the sideline for a game-winning touchdown. But now, thankfully and mercifully, I'll never have to see that again. I have been spared.