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Boomer & Carton: Chad Pennington Talks Draft And Tenure With Jets

Chad Pennington

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Chad Pennington stopped by the Allstate Studio with the idea of talking about the upcoming draft with Boomer and Craig on behalf of the NFL Network, which eventually he did, but not before getting the lowdown on Craig's efforts to get Brett Favre under center for the Jets back in 2008, thus ending his run as the Gang Green signal caller.

With that out of the way, Pennington reflected on: his time with the Jets; signing with the Dolphins; suffering a career ending injury on the basketball court; chatting with Mark Sanchez; owning a bull; raising a family; returning to New York as an honorary Jets captain; and of course what he's benching these days.

Before saying goodbye, Craig put the Rhodes Scholar finalist to the test by asking him some questions fit for one hoping to land a job with Google...

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