Adam Schefter of NFL Network reports that veteran quarterback Chad Pennington is expected to be cut in order to create salary cap space for the arrival of Brett Favre.

Pennginton’s release would instantly free up $6 million in 2008 cap room.

And Pennington has every right to be pissed off.  He was a good soldier in the offseason, not bitching about the fact that he had no real job security.

As we wrote for SportingNews.com earlier this year:  “On one hand, it’s odd that any pro athlete would behave this way.  On the other hand, it’s refreshing.  Pennington has a contract and is respecting that contract.  Sure, the Jets can string him along for the entire offseason.  Yeah, he’d make more money and have a better chance to start if he were traded to, say, any of the four teams in the NFC North.”

Now that Pennington is poised to hit the market, perhaps one of those four teams in the NFC North is precisely where he’ll land.