Pennington's career red zone statistics...

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  1. 1028

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    There was one vs the Rams two years ago, where Archuleta let the pick bounce right off his hands. Lucky bastard, that Pennington is
     
  2. KSJets

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    You're really stretching winston
     
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    Jonathan_Vilma Well-Known Member

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    Even though there is no stat for it another important thing that should be looked at is meaningful touchdowns in the red zone, and meaningful non touchdowns in the redzone. I understand what winston is getting at. If Pennington throws two touchdowns in a 41-14 loss inside the redzone it's really not that meaningful even though it is accounted for in those 43 touchdowns within the redzone. If we are forced to a field goal in a 20-17 loss, then it shows his inability at times to get the ball into the endzone.
     
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    i love it...chad is what you call a smart QB, no questions about it :jets:
     
  5. KSJets

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    Also consider that he played for Herm "Let's play for a FG" Edwards. You can definitely see more aggressive playcalling and actual play from Schott and Chad. I think that's going to lead to them taking more shots in the EZ.
     
  6. Joe Willie White Shoes

    Joe Willie White Shoes Well-Known Member

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    It is incredible to me how Jet fans pick Pennington apart. This thread is another example. The guy has been extremely effective in the red zone, and instead of marveling at a 43-0 TD to Int ratio, it turns into an inability to score TDs, an unwillingness to throw into tight spots, and luck.

    I have NFL Sunday Ticket Superfan. It includes a feature called short cuts - which trims each game to 30 minutes and in that 30 minutes you see every play of the game. I watched all of last week's games and let me tell you, the QB play in the NFL is not very good. Pennington has been as good as any QB in the league, and that includes throwing deep and throwing to the sideline.
     
  7. inSANITy

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    ive always thought this stat was impressive
     
  8. Br4d

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    I think the rating and the overall performance in the red zone is based on just two things: first, Chad has very good judgement about what to do with the ball on any given down, especially when there's nothing positive that can happen, secondly the Jets under Herm ran an extremely conservative offense that never took risks unless there was just no other choice.

    Think about it, other than hail marys when was the last time you saw Chad force a pass and have it intercepted? I cannot think of any time that that has occurred. The interceptions he throws are all the result of either carefully disguised coverages which have a lurker waiting to pick the ball off or having his receiver fall down or make a mistake running a route.

    The red zone numbers that Chad has right now are the product of the two factors above. I see his overall performance in the red zone as likely to improve under Mangini because factor 1 (his ability to make decisions with the ball) will still be in place but factor 2 (having his hands tied by conservative playcalling) will not.

    Maybe Herm actually had Joe Montana all those years and just couldn't let go enough to make that show up in the standings. Maybe not, but maybe so.
     

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