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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington was preparing to play Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens despite being hobbled by an injured right ankle.

Pennington, wearing a black wrap around the ankle at practice, participated in footwork drills but didn't throw any passes or take any snaps with the offense during the half-hour period that the media is allowed to view.

The quarterback walked with a slight limp, appearing to walk considerably better than he did after the injury Sunday.

"It's just a day-to-day process and I'm working extremely hard around the clock to do everything I can to prepare myself to play," Pennington said. "I'm just taking it day by day and seeing how much progress I make each day."

Pennington injured the ankle when he was sacked by Jarvis Green during the third quarter of the Jets' 38-14 loss to the New England Patriots.

The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J. reported that according to an anonymous source, Pennington had told those close to him that he didn't think he would start Sunday.

"Chad doesn't think he could play this week," the source said, according to the Star-Ledger. "He said the ankle is really sore. He wants to play and he's going to give it a try, but he doesn't think he's going to play."

If Pennington can't play, that would open the door for second-year backup Kellen Clemens to make his first NFL start.

The Jets have remained tightlipped about the nature of the injury, and wouldn't reveal if Pennington had an MRI exam, which he was believed to have taken Monday. The quarterback also deflected the question.

"I'll let you ask Coach those questions because I'm scared to answer those,'' Pennington said, drawing laughs.

Coach Eric Mangini does not allow anyone in the organization discuss injuries, including himself, saying they are internal matters.

"We'll see how it goes,'' Mangini said. "And it's really like everybody. We'll talk to the doctors, we'll see how it works and then we'll monitor it as we go.''

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hey ecurb, are you at least interested in seeing KC play? i really am. I think both offer us a great chance to beat the Ravens, but i really want to see what he has.

just curious if that's where you stand too...which i doubt :)

I am... but not yet... Chad looked good agaisnt the pats and even led a TD drive while hurt against those cheaters...

I dont think this season is lost... so I want Chad in there

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I'm much more confident in CP playing myself. I still think KC was a bad pick. If there comes a situation where CP is completely and totally ineffective, and it's obvious he can't get it done, then and only then do I want to see KC start. But CP played fine on Sunday, so why bother with the change now?

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He won't play. He's already about as mobile as a landline.

Go cry in the corner with barton and 124... he will play and you will cheer for him :lol:

Seriously... he moved around well enough to drive down the field for a TD while hurt on sunday.... Im sure he can manage now...

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I am... but not yet... Chad looked good agaisnt the pats and even led a TD drive while hurt against those cheaters...

I dont think this season is lost... so I want Chad in there

haha, this season lost? anyone that says that hasn't been a jet fan for long. A lot of AFC teams look very mortal, the pats might have a small undooing if this scandal is legit, and are now less dominant (or very beatable). The o line can only get better with playing together, and yes, chad did look good on his TD drives...it would still be nice to have a running game, or the big play ability, but we can still win without them.

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So you want Kellen Clemens? Oh nice why are we arguing about this then?

Chad came in fresh off his injury with the Pats still playing for the W... and SCORED...

Kellen came in during garbage time and couldnt do squat...

nuff said

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Chad came in fresh off his injury with the Pats still playing for the W... and SCORED...

Kellen came in during garbage time and couldnt do squat...

nuff said

Dude the score was 28-7, the pats were playing frickin prevent defense. cmon.

I hope Pennington plays vs the ravens, cause he's gonna get his ass kicked.

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Chad came in fresh off his injury with the Pats still playing for the W... and SCORED...

Kellen came in during garbage time and couldnt do squat...

nuff said

Um how was it garbage time? The Pats still had their starters in and we were playing Wallace Wright. That could make things a little difficult. If Kellen was just making 5 yard throws Coles and Cotch could have led the team to a TD drive again.

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Go cry in the corner with barton and 124... he will play and you will cheer for him :lol:

Seriously... he moved around well enough to drive down the field for a TD while hurt on sunday.... Im sure he can manage now...

It's obvious by your comments...CHAD PENNINGTON IS THE NEW YORK JETS. There are 52 other guys on this roster who think otherwise. and let's be honest...my 5 yr old son can complete 14 of 18 passes under 6 yards.

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Dude the score was 28-7, the pats were playing frickin prevent defense. cmon.

I hope Pennington plays vs the ravens, cause he's gonna get his ass kicked.

are you saying the prevent defense is more difficult to get yards against than the regular defense? give me a break

Um how was it garbage time? The Pats still had their starters in and we were playing Wallace Wright. That could make things a little difficult. If Kellen was just making 5 yard throws Coles and Cotch could have led the team to a TD drive again.

could-a would-a should-a...

i want to see Kellen play this weekend, but saying he 'would have done this if this and this...' Just excuses, lets see him play sunday and hope he does well so we don't have to play this "if" game anymore.

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It's obvious by your comments...CHAD PENNINGTON IS THE NEW YORK JETS. There are 52 other guys on this roster who think otherwise. and let's be honest...my 5 yr old son can complete 14 of 18 passes under 6 yards.

:rl:

if it were that easy then a big armed QB would be back there throwing short all game, wait for the D to come up and air it out, and P. Ramsey would still be a jet.

Your hate for Penny is the same blindness as Ecurb's love for the guy.

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could-a would-a should-a...

i want to see Kellen play this weekend, but saying he 'would have done this if this and this...' Just excuses, lets see him play sunday and hope he does well so we don't have to play this "if" game anymore.

I actually agree with you on that. The only reason I replied was ecurb took my original Kellen post way too seriously when I was joking. He clearly has a reason to be so defensive and maybe its cause Chad isn't the greatest thing on earth like ecurb would like you to believe.

While Chad didn't have very much to do with the loss last week and turned in a determined performance playing while injured it wasn't great QB play.

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I actually agree with you on that. The only reason I replied was ecurb took my original Kellen post way too seriously when I was joking. He clearly has a reason to be so defensive and maybe its cause Chad isn't the greatest thing on earth like ecurb would like you to believe.

While Chad didn't have very much to do with the loss last week and turned in a determined performance playing while injured it wasn't great QB play.

one of the things with Chad is that we will probably never get 'great' QB play out of him. What we can get is good consistancy (feel free to post last years td to int stats now...i get it), he generally has good quality games, with limited turnovers, which is what you need to win.

It would be great to have Palmer, or Manning, but we don't...few teams do. I really hope Kellen can be the next drew brees, but that chance is small as well. All this talk about Chad should be focused on our two lines, which, as patriotreign said looked like swiss cheese.

sadly, he's right.

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one of the things with Chad is that we will probably never get 'great' QB play out of him. What we can get is good consistancy (feel free to post last years td to int stats now...i get it), he generally has good quality games, with limited turnovers, which is what you need to win.

It would be great to have Palmer, or Manning, but we don't...few teams do. I really hope Kellen can be the next drew brees, but that chance is small as well. All this talk about Chad should be focused on our two lines, which, as patriotreign said looked like swiss cheese.

sadly, he's right.

I actually agree with you that consistent game manager play from Chad while we have a good team is whats best for this team to win. However we don't have a particulary good team and we need a better QB to get to the Superbowl. I'd rather bench Chad now and see if his replacement is good enough to get us there or not.

*All posts by me about Kellen Clemens have considerable bias, I go to University of Oregon and would love to see a great Ducks QB suceed on my favorite NFL team.

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Dude the score was 28-7, the pats were playing frickin prevent defense. cmon.

I hope Pennington plays vs the ravens, cause he's gonna get his ass kicked.

Wait... so Chad scored against a PREVENT defense and your claiming thats a bad thing??? You do know he scored by passing a TD in the redzone right?

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Um how was it garbage time? The Pats still had their starters in and we were playing Wallace Wright. That could make things a little difficult. If Kellen was just making 5 yard throws Coles and Cotch could have led the team to a TD drive again.

Please do not post lies, thank you.

Here is his first drive after Chad took himself out after the TD...

1st-10, NYJ18 6:44 K. Clemens passed to L. Coles to the left for 5 yard gain

2nd-5, NYJ23 6:20 K. Clemens incomplete pass to the left

3rd-5, NYJ23 6:17 K. Clemens incomplete pass down the middle

4th-5, NYJ23 6:02 B. Graham punt. W. Welker returned punt for 6 yards

Clemens had the starters and went 3 and out...

ironically you bashed Wallace but he was Kellens best NFL pass and catch yet...

1st-10, NYJ19 1:51 K. Clemens passed to L. Washington down the middle for 3 yard gain2nd-7, NYJ22 1:32 K. Clemens incomplete pass to the right

3rd-7, NYJ22 1:29 K. Clemens passed to J. McCareins to the right for 10 yard gain

1st-10, NYJ32 1:07 K. Clemens sacked by M. Vrabel. K. Clemens fumbled. A. Clement recovered fumble

2nd-15, NYJ27 0:56 K. Clemens incomplete pass to the right

3rd-15, NYJ27 0:45 K. Clemens passed to W. Wright to the left for 11 yard gain

4th-4, NYJ38 0:17 K. Clemens incomplete pass to the left

Dont give me BS... Chad is the best option even when hurt... Kellen isnt ready

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Please do not post lies, thank you.

Here is his first drive after Chad took himself out after the TD...

1st-10, NYJ18 6:44 K. Clemens passed to L. Coles to the left for 5 yard gain

2nd-5, NYJ23 6:20 K. Clemens incomplete pass to the left

3rd-5, NYJ23 6:17 K. Clemens incomplete pass down the middle

4th-5, NYJ23 6:02 B. Graham punt. W. Welker returned punt for 6 yards

Clemens had the starters and went 3 and out...

ironically you bashed Wallace but he was Kellens best NFL pass and catch yet...

1st-10, NYJ19 1:51 K. Clemens passed to L. Washington down the middle for 3 yard gain2nd-7, NYJ22 1:32 K. Clemens incomplete pass to the right

3rd-7, NYJ22 1:29 K. Clemens passed to J. McCareins to the right for 10 yard gain

1st-10, NYJ32 1:07 K. Clemens sacked by M. Vrabel. K. Clemens fumbled. A. Clement recovered fumble

2nd-15, NYJ27 0:56 K. Clemens incomplete pass to the right

3rd-15, NYJ27 0:45 K. Clemens passed to W. Wright to the left for 11 yard gain

4th-4, NYJ38 0:17 K. Clemens incomplete pass to the left

Dont give me BS... Chad is the best option even when hurt... Kellen isnt ready

I didn't bash Wallace, I just said he wasn't a starter also if our starters and the Pats starters were in how was this garbage time as you so said?

Chad is not the best option especially when hurt.

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I didn't bash Wallace, I just said he wasn't a starter also if our starters and the Pats starters were in how was this garbage time as you so said?

Chad is not the best option especially when hurt.

Garbage time = cant win... doesnt matter who is playing...

Chad IS the best option... Kellen isnt ready... Tui is most likely more ready than him.. Kellen did NOTHING against the Pats and Chad drove for a TD injured just minutes earlier...

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How can people start excusing Kellen about him playing in 'Garbage time'. Its a heck of a lot easier playing vs a D in garbage time than the one Chad faced 1st half.

Kellen is not ready, Chad is our guy. I just really dont want to ruin our season by risking him this week.

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:rl:

if it were that easy then a big armed QB would be back there throwing short all game, wait for the D to come up and air it out, and P. Ramsey would still be a jet.

Your hate for Penny is the same blindness as Ecurb's love for the guy.

good post

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