Chad Pennington Update

After examining injured Chad Pennington, Birmingham's Dr. James Andrews did not believe the quarterback blew out his shoulder again although an MRI was inconclusive.

The Jets quarterback had dye injected into the shoulder and if there was a tear there would have been leakage, none of which was prevalent.

The plan for now is to let Pennington rest for 10 days to two weeks and then have him re-examined. In the meantime, the Jets doctors and team officials will reconvene Wednesday with the new information and make a determination, but as of now the Jets do not plan to put him on the injured reserve list.

"At least we know it's not a career-threatening thing," said one source. "That's encouraging and we'll go from there. We also have to see where Chad wants to go with this before anyone makes a decision on putting him down for the year."

In addition to Pennington, the Jets now believe backup Jay Fiedler could return within six to eight weeks. His injury at first was feared to be worse than Pennington's, but his examination also showed less damage than originally believed.

In the meantime, the team will likely sign Kliff Kingsbury on Wednesday to be the No. 3 quarterback behind Brooks Bollinger and Vinny Testaverde. Kingsbury needs to pass a physical Wednesday morning.

As for Pennington, after the two-week period the doctors will see if he progresses enough to simply rehab or possibly do a scope to assist in his recovery.