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Article: Jets' Pennington Out 12 Weeks With Injury
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- August 25, 2003
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Vinny Testaverde was supposed to provide veteran leadership to Chad
Pennington and the rest of the New York Jets this season.
Scrap that plan.
Pennington is expected to miss 12 weeks with a broken and dislocated
left wrist, leaving the quarterback duties to the 17-year veteran.
So far, coach Herman Edwards does not seem worried about entrusting
his team to a 39-year-old player.
"I mean, we're acting like Vinny Testaverde has never played quarterback
in the National Football League," Edwards said Sunday. "He's not a
rookie. He's a veteran guy. That's why he was here. Now he's going
to be the guy that goes in ...