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Titolo: Pennington (si intuisce il risultato)

Pennington struggles against Raiders
http://foxsports.lycos.com/content/view?contentId=852350
Chad Pennington's passes were sailing high and off target.
Or short and low. He still thought he'd lead the New York
Jets to another victory.
After all the amazing things Pennington has pulled off this season, he 
couldn't do it this time in the Jets' 30-10 AFC playoff loss to the 
Oakland Raiders on Sunday.
"There's a saying that as the quarterback goes, the team goes," he said. 
"I didn't go today.
"Coming out in the game, I had so much energy I was missing things out 
in front, missing things high, and I had to calm myself down."
Pennington had been nearly perfect for more than a month. He had the 
best passer rating in the NFL, led the Jets to eight wins in 10 games 
and was brilliant in his playoff debut a week earlier.
He was on top of the world - a 26-year-old quarterback who began the 
season as the backup for the New York Jets and is now drawing 
comparisons to Hall of Famer Joe Montana.
Oakland changed all that in a hurry Sunday, frustrating Pennington into 
four turnovers.
"It's one of those days," Pennington said. "I can't explain it. That's 
why it's so frustrating. I didn't feel like I was myself out there and I 
don't know why."
The quarterback's collapse came at the worst possible time.
The Jets hadn't committed a turnover in their last three games, 
including a 41-0 victory over Indianapolis in the wild-card round. New 
York was among the hottest teams in football, and Pennington was the 
main reason why.
"It's not Chad's fault," said receiver Laveranues Coles, who had 30 of 
his team's 183 yards receiving. "It's not any individual person's fault. 
We've got to take this together. Chad played a great game. Don't ask me 
anything to badmouth Chad. I'm not going to do it."
Pennington was rattled for the first time in months, and was totally 
ineffective in the second half.
He lost a fumble in the first quarter, and fumbled again in the fourth. 
He was picked off in the third by Tory James - his first interception 
since the Jets' 26-20 Monday night loss to the Raiders on Dec. 2. He 
threw another pick early in the fourth. With two interceptions, he 
matched his total from his 10 previous games.
Pennington also was sacked four times, showing just how vulnerable he is 
when his offensive line protects poorly.
There were several other times he nearly threw interceptions, too.
His passes were a little off most of the day - some throws were too 
high, others were well short of his targets. Four-time Pro Bowl 
cornerback Charles Woodson deflected three passes in his first game back 
from a leg injury, including one in the end zone.
"I don't know who made Chad Pennington into Joe Namath. He's not," 
Raiders linebacker Eric Barton said. "Yeah, he got rattled. He got a lot 
of hats put on him today."
Pennington finished 21-of-47 passing for 183 yards and a quarterback 
rating of 44.9.
He came in as the NFL's highest-rated passer at 104.2, with a 
league-leading completion percentage of 68.9. Pennington demonstrated 
great poise in helping the Jets recover from a 1-4 start.
"He probably will tell you he didn't have one of his better days," coach 
Herman Edwards said. "There were a lot of people who didn't have their 
better days."
Minutes before the clock expired, Edwards spoke to Pennington:
"I told him, 'I'm proud of you. You're learning a lesson and it's 
something you'll grow from."'
Pennington's amazing season ended in familiar territory for the Jets. 
New York was eliminated in the wild-card round here last January - and 
has played in Oakland four times in 53 weeks.
"I'm proud of this team," Pennington said. "I didn't play my `A' game 
today, but everyone rallied around me."

> in the Jets' 30-10 AFC playoff loss
ah, si intuisce il risultato?
-- 
Jani

 ah, si intuisce il risultato?
ROTFL!!! :-DDDDDDDDD
Sai, stanotte ho fatto tardi, IO. :-)))))
Stets ;-)

 
Bye
M

> Chi la fortunata?
Mauro, fino ad un certo punto aveva in mano la situazione, poi č stato 
travolto dagli eventi e non si ricorda piů niente
-- 
Jani

 travolto dagli eventi e non si ricorda piů niente
Ah si? Davvero? Ma pensa te!
Stets :-)