Pennington taking blame for Mangini decisions

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Mike Lupica, columnist for the New York Daily News, wrote New York Jets coch Eric Mangini has no offense and he has a kid, Kellen Clemens, at quarterback, and guess what? The coach has no idea whether the kid has the real goods to be a real NFL quarterback or not. He still made the move off Chad Pennington, and one of the things that did, whether Mangini wants to admit that or not, was make this all seem as if Pennington were the cause of this disaster.

As if it is Pennington's fault that Thomas Jones still doesn't have a rushing touchdown and Mangini's team has managed just 14 offensive touchdowns in 11 games.

And maybe it is Pennington's fault that most Sundays the most dangerous offensive threat is Leon Washington.

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Kellen Clemons hasn't really proved much as the starter for the Jets. Chad Pennington wasn't having such a bad season, he had 9 tds and 7 ints and a completion percentage of 67 percent. Sounds a lot like David Carr when he got benched.

I wouldn't count on seeing Pennington in a Jets uniform next season. Anyway it's also sort of pathetic Thomas Jones hasn't had a rushing touchdown yet.

When it boils down to it I don't think Pennington should be the "whipping boy", the coach Eric Mangini should be.