The Jets surrendered a third-round pick and released Chad Pennington for just one season with Brett Favre and now that he's retired they are left without a proven quarterback. "Why did they get rid of Chad in the first place?" one player asked, speaking on the condition of anonymity. "Eric (Mangini) treated him like a first-year quarterback from Day 1. It was a bad decision from top to bottom, from beginning to end. Now we're paying for it. We put ourselves in this situation."