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OK, I'll bite:
1) He's better than Huard
2) He's better than Thigpen
3) He might be better than Croyle
4) I don't like the idea of our backup QB being an undrafted FA from last year
5) Having a quality backup if/when Brodie misses one or more games allows the rest of our team to continue growing around the veteran QB rather than just idling (or regressing) until Croyle returns
6) One of our 2 backups needs to be a veteran QB. See (1) above.
If Huard is stinking it up in camp as much as I've heard, then dumping him in favor of Pennington is a no-brainer. The only question is whether Chad would be willing to be a true backup, or whether he'd rather go somewhere where he might have a better shot at playing. I see him as being #3 on the depth chart so Thigpen gets the #2 snaps in practice, but in the event of an injury to Croyle, Pennington would play depending on the timing and nature of the injury (and the status of Thigpen's preparation).
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