Kyle Orton, still a possibility?

I understand what you are saying and I think Pennington is a great guy as a person. He went to school 15 minutes from where I sit posting this right now. Has parents that contribute to the community and I have never heard a bad thing about him. That being said, I think the difference in between Young having McNair and Pennington mentoring a rookie is different in my mind because Steve went on to the Ravens and was productive for another couple of seasons. I think McNair had a very strong relationship with Vince personally and Vince would have benefitted greatly from listening to but more importantly seeing Steve in action. I think letting Steve go when we did was probably the biggest personnel mistake I have ever seen this team make because of the timing. With Pennington, he wouldn't have that initial relationship and I just have serious doubts as to whether or not he could get through 3 games at this point much less 6 or 10. I believe without the personal connection and with the doubts of his durability at this point you would be taking a very high risk for a chance at a small reward. I just think that after witnessing the fragility of that shoulder last year that Chad may be done as a player and might just not want to face that reality yet.

Now the McNabb thing makes more sense to me but only if the price is reasonable.

 

No way. Only Palmer out of your list.

We're most likely looking to draft a franchise QB, so we need a quick fix who will buy time for the rookie. Palmer can probably help us compete for a playoff spot for 2 seasons. The rookie learns in the meantime and has two years of development when Palmer is done.

Orton is highly overrated and Pennington can't be counted on as a starter at this point.

3rd and VY for Palmer.

 

Chad Pennington, holy hell! Are you people seriously discussing him as an option? He can't even throw the ball 30-yards. And I hope you're not mentioning his name because he's from TN. Sure the guy is intelligent, but that's not enough. Some ability would be nice, don't you think?

As far as Orton goes, hes not leaving Denver til after the season starts or finishes. And that will all be based on his play early. Denver just said a few days ago how little Tebow was able to pick up in year-1.

 

So you'd like to see the depth chart look like

Rookie QB
Pennington
Smith

???????

Did I get that right?

 

It sounds okay on paper, but God forbid Pennington has to play more than a game or two. He's just too big a risk for me to get behind.

 

Getting Pennington simply to tutor the next QB just isn't enough for me. Chris Redman isn't in Atlanta to benefit Matt Ryan. Until last year, there was no one in Baltimore mentoring Joe Flacco. Having Pennington help get the rookie up to speed would be a nice luxury to have, but we need a veteran QB that can play. Don't we have a QB coach for the teaching?