Expect Dolphins' QB Chad Pennington to be the 2010 NFL Comeback Player of the Year. That's because he'll be missing the rest of the 2009 season.
Pennington was diagnosed with a torn capsule in his throwing shoulder and is shut down for the year. Chad Henne will take the starting gig immediately.
Pennington had surgery on this same shoulder while with the New York Jets in 2004 and 2005. He missed most of 2005 with a rotator cuff injury, but would go on to win the 2006 NFC Comeback Player of the Year award. Pennington struggled during the 2007 season and was eventually benched in favor of Kellen Clemens. When the Jets acquired Brett Favre last summer, Pennington was released and later signed with the Dolphins.
He led the 1-15 Phins to an improbable AFC East title last season and the 2008 Comeback Player Award. He'll have to pull it off again if he or the Dolphins want to get back to division superiority.
Pennington was diagnosed with a torn capsule in his throwing shoulder and is shut down for the year. Chad Henne will take the starting gig immediately.
Pennington had surgery on this same shoulder while with the New York Jets in 2004 and 2005. He missed most of 2005 with a rotator cuff injury, but would go on to win the 2006 NFC Comeback Player of the Year award. Pennington struggled during the 2007 season and was eventually benched in favor of Kellen Clemens. When the Jets acquired Brett Favre last summer, Pennington was released and later signed with the Dolphins.
He led the 1-15 Phins to an improbable AFC East title last season and the 2008 Comeback Player Award. He'll have to pull it off again if he or the Dolphins want to get back to division superiority.
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