An AFC executive compares USC QB Matt Barkley to Chad Pennington. "The kid has all the intangibles you could imagine," the executive said. "You couldn't ask for a better kid or a harder worker. But he just doesn't have the arm on the deep stuff. ... That's what people said about Pennington (in 2000)." Pennington's former coach Herm Edwards believes Pennington is a "a little better" than Barkley. Pennington was the No. 18 pick of the 2000 draft http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--2...regarded-in-more-than-a-decade-060530895.html http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/7421/matt-barkley
It's perhaps a decent comparison, but don't go thinking he is going to be the same type of player. Chad, for all his flaws, was a very good QB. He lost a good deal of velocity after the first injury and was just not able to hit those intermediate out routes with getting jumped often. His timing and accuracy were top notch. Barkley may be a good NFL QB, but he is going to be more of a game manager than game changer.
