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| Height: 6-3 Weight: 225 Born: Jun 26, 1976, Knoxville, TN |
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December 28, 2005 Chad Pennington hopes to begin throwing again in March, according to the New York Daily News. He's recovering from shoulder surgery. |
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December 13, 2005 Chad Pennington, who is recovering from shoulder surgery, has been running and lifting, according to Newsday. There is no timetable for when he will be able to start throwing. |
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November 4, 2005 Chad Pennington no longer has to wear a sling on his surgically repaired right arm, according to Newsday. Asked about Pennington's progress, coach Herman Edwards said, "I'll tell you a year from now." |
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October 11, 2005 Chad Pennington has vowed to return next season to compete for the starting quarterback job, according to Newsday. Pennington is out for the rest of 2005 with a shoulder injury. "I know when I'm fully healthy, I can compete with anybody, so competition doesn't scare me or bother me," he said. |
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October 7, 2005 Chad Pennington underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right shoulder Thursday, according to the AP. The Jets are optimistic that he will be ready for the 2006 season. |
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October 4, 2005 Chad Pennington is still doing rehabilitation work on his injured right shoulder and plans to go to Alabama late this week or early next week to visit Dr. James Andrews, who operated on him in the offseason, according to Newsday. Pennington will undergo an exam that is expected to determine whether he will need surgery again and whether it could be an arthroscopic procedure, which is less invasive. |
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September 26, 2005 An initial diagnosis of Chad Pennington is that he has a tear in his rotator cuff and will miss the remainder of the season, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen. Pennington will have his MRI examined Tuesday by Dr. James Andrews, who performed the previous surgery on that same joint in the offseason. Andrews said there is a chance further testing could show only torn scar tissue. With Jay Fiedler sidelined by an injury, Brooks Bollinger will start Week 4 for the Jets. |
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September 26, 2005 Chad Pennington is expected to have an MRI on his strained surgically repaired shoulder today, according to the New York Daily News. He tweaked it during Sunday's game. |
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September 25, 2005 Chad Pennington left Sunday's game with a strained right shoulder. He eventualy returned to the game when backup Jay Fiedler also suffered a shoulder injury. Pennington underwent rotator cuff surgery in the offseason. |
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September 11, 2005 Coming off offseason shoulder surgery, Chad Pennington was sharp with his passing in the season opener, as he completed 21-of-34 passes for 264 yards. Unfortunately, Pennington fumbled six times - losing only one - and was also picked off. |
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August 16, 2005 Chad Pennington hopes not to miss a practice for the rest of training camp, according to Newsday. He participated in his first double-session yesterday for the first time since undergoing shoulder surgery, and he proclaimed the recovery portion of his comeback is complete. For the rest of the preseason, he plans to focus solely on learning the club's new offense. |
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August 15, 2005 Chad Pennington is expected to take part in two practices today for the first time in camp, according to the New York Daily News. The Jets have been deliberate in his return from major shoulder surgery. |
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August 10, 2005 Chad Pennington will not play in the Jets' exhibition opener on Friday, according to the New York Daily News. Coach Herm Edwards said he made the decision three months ago to rest Pennington for the first game as he continues to recover from shoulder surgery, though Tuesday was the first time that Edwards has mentioned it publicly. |
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August 7, 2005 Chad Pennington said yesterday that he is "not even close" to where he wants his surgically repaired shoulder to be, according to the New York Daily News. "He had major surgery," said coach Herm Edwards. "We knew at this point in camp that he wasn't going to be well. He's still not 100 percent, by any stretch of the imagination." |
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August 2, 2005 Chad Pennington is "pleasantly surprised" at how good his surgically repaired right shoulder feels after four days of practice, according to Newsday. Pennington has been throwing behind receivers on deep routes, though the good news is that he's not underthrowing them. |
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August 2, 2005 Chad Pennington is excited that new Jets offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger will be utilizing the shotgun offense on occasion this year, according to the New York Daily News. The team hasn't used the shotgun the past four years under former offensive coordinator Paul Hackett. Pennington used the formation often during his days at Marshall. |
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July 30, 2005 Chad Pennington got through his first training camp practice without any pain in his surgically repaired shoulder, according to the New York Daily News. |
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June 16, 2005 Chad Pennington has started throwing again, four months after surgery to repair a torn right rotator cuff, according to the AP. He is throwing about 80 times every other day, and the Jets expect him to be ready for full practice when training camp opens July 29. |
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June 9, 2005 Chad Pennington is still on schedule to test his surgically-repaired shoulder by the end of the month, according to the New York Daily News. The Jets wrapped up three weeks of practices yesterday, and Pennington didn't participate in any of the sessions. |
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April 30, 2005 Chad Pennington said Friday that he expects a normal training camp and added that there was "no doubt" that he would start the season opener against the Chiefs, according to the New York Daily News. Pennington is recovering from February shoulder surgery. |
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April 3, 2005 Although Chad Pennington is not yet throwing following February shoulder surgery, Jets coach Herm Edwards insists he'll be ready by training camp, according to the Boston Globe. Edwards also indicated that he plans to loosen up the offense and allow Pennington to take more shots downfield this year. |
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February 9, 2005 The operation on Chad Pennington yesterday was more serious than anticipated, according to the Bergen Record. He apparently had a full, not partial, tear of a muscle in the rotator cuff. He also had a bone spur removed and some other work done on the back of the joint. It looks like his availability for the start of camp will remain uncertain. |
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February 8, 2005 Chad Pennington underwent successful surgery Tuesday to repair a torn right rotator cuff, and Jets remain hopeful he will be ready for the start of training camp in July, according to the AP. |
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January 25, 2005 The Jets confirmed Tuesday that Chad Pennington will undergo surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff, according to the AP. "He (Pennington) will be in a sling for three to four weeks and, after that, it will be range of motion, slowly," Jets team doctor Elliot Pellman said. "In about three to four months if everything goes well, he'll start throwing the ball again." |
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January 24, 2005 The New York Daily News reports that Chad Pennington will undergo surgery early in February to repair a torn rotator cuff in his throwing shoulder. Although doctors won't know exactly how badly damaged the joint is, it's believed to be worse than initially thought. The Jets hope he will be ready for the start of camp. |
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January 18, 2005 Chad Pennington will be examined by doctors later this week to determine if he needs surgery on his injured right shoulder, according to the New York Daily News. |
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January 14, 2005 Chad Pennington returned to practice for the Jets on Thursday after missing Wednesday's session with a stomach virus. Pennington said that he was no longer affected by the illness. |
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January 12, 2005 Chad Pennington missed practice on Wednesday because of a stomach virus. However, Jets head coach Herman Edwards said that he would be "shocked" if Pennington didn't play on Saturday. |