Pennington better than Farve...???

Is it possible that the Jets made a mistake in letting Chad Pennington go to Miami and trading for Brett Favre? To the casual fan, that question seems preposterous. But is it really? Obvious, Favre is one of the greatest quarterbacks to ever walk this earth and Chad...well, Chad isn't. He's really been just a slightly above average quarterback his entire career. Yes, Brett Lorenzo Favre (yes that's his real name) has all sorts of records like most career touchdown passes (457), most career passing yards (63,266), most career pass completions (5,538), most consecutive starts(282, including playoffs), three consecutive MVPs, and a Super Bowl ring, just to name a few of his accomplishments. But the question is who is better THIS year. To really determine who's been the better quarterback so far this season, you have to look at this year's stats. The Jets are 4-3, the Dolphins are 3-4. Winner-Favre, slightly, but only because his team is better. Favre has a 89.5 QB rating, Chad a 100.5 QB rating. Winner- Chad. Farve has thrown for 1611 yards, Chad 1710. Winner-Chad, barely. Favre has 15 touchdowns, Chad 7. Winner- Favre. Favre has thrown 11 interceptions, Chad 3. Winner- Chad, by a landslide. Favre's completion percentage this season in 68.5, Chad's 69.3. Winner- Chad, by a little.

Favre in his last three games has had QB ratings of 73.9, 47.8, 76.0. What were Chad's in his last three games, you ask? 122.8, 92.0, 117.9. In fact if you take out Favre's career game against Arizona where he threw 6 tds, 1 pick, and his 123.7 QB rating, he has 9 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, while his QB rating for the year is 83.6, good for 20th in the NFL. Forget who he is for a moment, because that right there folks, is what you call a below average quarterback. Chad, meanwhile, has four games with a quarterback rating of over 100, with only one under 82.

Now, Chad isn't the sexy choice to have as your team's quarterback, he doesn't have a Hall of Fame bust waiting for him in Canton, and he doesn't have that rocket arm that Favre does (in fact, I bet Brett can probably throw farther sitting down than Chad can standing up). But what Chad does do is manage the game quite well, he doesn't make mistakes, and he has given a team that won only one game all of last year, a bit of hope. Brett, on the other hand, seems to have gone back to his 2005 and 2006 form(when people began to think he should hang it up for good) where he just threw balls up for grabs and hoped his receivers would catch them . Now, I don't think he is finished, but stats don't lie, and the stats say Chad is better, this year.