Their personalities are as different as their playing styles.

One is a game manager, a quarterback who's never had a rocket arm, even before he had two surgeries on his throwing shoulder. Yet he beats teams with his precision and his smarts.

The other is a gunslinger, a quarterback who's always had all the physical tools and as his career went on, combined that with a terrific understanding of opposing defenses.

And even though there's plenty more to both Chad Pennington and Brett Favre, there are reasons why those labels have endured. And that was obvious from listening to both of them speak Wednesday as the hype machine cranked into full overdrive for Sunday's season opener between the Jets and Dolphins in Miami.

Pennington, who was released by the Jets ...More