Good News for Ainge??

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vols1215

vols1215

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He will get a shot to learn from one of the best. Pennington will probably get dropped.
 
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Ainge isn't impressing in camp, plus Ainge and Favre are different types of QB.
 
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vols1215 said:
He will get a shot to learn from one of the best. Pennington will probably get dropped.
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I've always wondered how Pennington has kept a job. He has the worst arm strength that i've ever seen. I bet he can't throw the ball over 50 yards. I know he has had a high completion percentage over the years but his lack of arm strength has really limited their offense. He reminds me of Ainge alot with all of the short passes. I'm very surprised that Favre is going to the jets. It just doesn't feel right. I hope Ainge takes advantage of the situation and learns how to let loose and sling it down field.
 
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well i know one thing. chads mom (i had her as an english teacher) is gonna be happy cause she despises the jets
 
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I just hope ESPN will start covering something other than Brett Favre now. Favre is obviously a legend, but I'm pretty sick of that story...
 
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I have been checking in on Jets blocks and I've not seen a word on Ainge--maybe I've missed it. A lot of teams throw a lot of short passes--it's the called the West Coast offense--and it works pretty damn well. How do you think Walsh, Montana and the 49ers won 4 Super Bowls (was it?). The short-passing game, well executed, can be nearly impossible to stop if you've got playmakers--guys who can run with the ball in space--and a QB who can get it to them in space. Montana rarely threw deep. Favre wings it around a lot--throws deep--but also throws a lot of ints. I love the guy--and now he's got himself in a bad situation--playing for a team he doesn't want to play for, in an urban city that's not his thing. I'll bet he'd like to retire permanently now--but knows that he'd be the laughingstock of the NFL if he did. He's got to suck it up and play for Gang Green.
 
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VOLNBAMA said:
Ainge isn't impressing in camp, plus Ainge and Favre are different types of QB.
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Sometimes QB's of different styles make it extremely hard on defenses that prep for 1 and not the other. We may get to see him take some snaps, If I did'nt hear wrong the Jets play tonight against the Cardinals, pre season.
 
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Pennington will be released by the Jets, so Ainge will probably be 3rd string behind Favre and Clemens.
 
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I am just glad it is over...I was sick of it...ESPN, Fox News, local news, and friggin everywhere...I am over it...I do think that Ainge will get the mentoring he needs because if Farve is one thing he is a LEADER and enjoys the hell out of the game...Ainge needs to see that and this will not be a bad thing as long as he stays on the roster.
 
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I'd say this is probably (at best) a non-event for Ainge and (at worst) a setback. Favre has shown his lack of interest in grooming young quarterbacks in the past. He practically told the Packers when they drafted Aaron Rodgers that it wasn't his job to get Rodgers ready.

What a "team first" guy!

I'm betting Pennington would have been much more helpful to Ainge.

And on a side note, I still can't understand the disdain for Ainge on this board. He wasn't the best ever at UT, but he was a pretty darn good QB for us. And it's not like Ainge was out there checking down to short routes every time. Cutcliffe was calling the plays.
 
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dan4vols said:
Sometimes QB's of different styles make it extremely hard on defenses that prep for 1 and not the other. We may get to see him take some snaps, If I did'nt hear wrong the Jets play tonight against the Cardinals, pre season.
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You heard wrong. The Cardinals are playing the Saints. The Jets are playing the Browns.
 
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BrierVol61 said:
Jets ought to trade him to the Vikings
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Interestingly, the trade contained a clause that if the Jets trade Favre to the Vikings, then the Jets owe the Packers 3 first-round draft picks.

What I'm curious about is whether the trade states that if the Jets were to trade him to another team other than the Vikings, if the Jets were required to add the "trade to Vikings penalty clause" into that trade deal. Otherwise, the Jets could trade Favre to a middleman that would then trade Favre to the Vikings. At the end of the day, it's a moot point because once the Jets trade or release Pennington, then they are forced to keep Favre.
 
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kkep48 said:
Pennington will be released by the Jets, so Ainge will probably be 3rd string behind Favre and Clemens.
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I would think Clemens would be 3rd string behind Favre and Ainge. I will be surprised if Clemens beats Ainge out for
2nd string. Everything I am hearing is that the Jets have been very impressed with Ainge.
 
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G0V0LS33 said:
I am just glad it is over...I was sick of it...ESPN, Fox News, local news, and friggin everywhere...I am over it...I do think that Ainge will get the mentoring he needs because if Farve is one thing he is a LEADER and enjoys the hell out of the game...Ainge needs to see that and this will not be a bad thing as long as he stays on the roster.
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You obviously don't know much about Favre. He doesn't mentor other QB's - period. He's a me-only guy.
 
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tennisguy said:
I would think Clemens would be 3rd string behind Favre and Ainge. I will be surprised if Clemens beats Ainge out for
2nd string. Everything I am hearing is that the Jets have been very impressed with Ainge.
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There was one story that someone linked to the NFL board of Volnation yesterday in which the writer was stating that Ainge wasn't even close to beating out some other guy for the #3 QB spot on the Jets.
 
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According the Manning Corporation and half of this board David Cutcliffe taught Ainge everything he would need to know about playing QB already!
 
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Vol423 said:
There was one story that someone linked to the NFL board of Volnation yesterday in which the writer was stating that Ainge wasn't even close to beating out some other guy for the #3 QB spot on the Jets.
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Seriously? I thought he really had a shot at least at #2. According to a statement on GovolsXtra a few weeks ago sources told Fulmer he was even competing for the starting job. I thought he might actually win it since he was competing against Pennington. He can definitely forget it now with Favre.

Things must have changed from what I am hearing now. Well, I guess #3, getting a pretty good paycheck and not risking injury isn't so bad.
 
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