I would bet that a lot of people would have agreed with you in expecting Stabler to be at the other end of the spectrum. His reputation is definitely as a deep passer. I think the frachise’s reputation for deep passing has really overshadowed Stabler’s own performance.

Pennington only had four seasons in which he started double digit games. He led his team to the playoffs all four seasons. It’s not “Kurt Warner went to the Super Bowl when he played 16 games,” but it’s indicative of his impact on his offenses nonetheless.