Jets QB DisasterAt today's press conference, Herm Edwards would not give information about the status of either Chad Pennington or Jay Fiedler (the Jets starting and backup quarterbacks), merely saying that both are having MRIs on their injured shoulders and that information would not be available until tomorrow.
I tend to think that the MRIs were already conducted and that the results were not good. I would not be surprised to see both miss significant time.
In Pennington's case, he clearly had not recovered from last season's torn rotator cuff and the ensuing major surgery. The Jets spin machine tried to create the impression that Pennington was recovered - if not fully that almost fully. It appears as though they are spinning the current situation for at least another day.
Did the Jets rush Pennington back? If they did, and if he now requires another major surgery that would threaten his career, owner Woody Johnson must clean house, firing Edwards and GM Terry Bradway immediately.
posted on 9/26/2005