A one-year contract retains QB Pennington with Dolphins

It’s officially announced that veteran quarterback Chad Pennington will be wearing the Miami Dolphins jerseys for at least one more season with a one-year contract being signed on Monday.

According to previous reports, Pennington is expected to be a backup for Chad Henne, who was used as replacement to Pennington when he injured his right shoulder in the third game last season. Henne proved his talent and was rewarded with the starting job.

The 33-year-old Pennington is recovering from the third operation of his career on his throwing shoulder, so a backup job could be good for him before retirement. He still has the ability to help the Dolphins as he did before, but younger and healthier Henne just has more advantages over him to do the starting job, and with Pennington’s backup, he could grow into a quarterback as great as Pennington, who led the Dolphins to their first playoff berth in seven years in 2008 season.

QB Pennington wants to stay in Miami even to be backup

10-year veteran quarterback Chad Pennington still takes staying with the Miami Dolphins as his top choice in 2010. According to what he told reporters, he would even like to be a backup as long as he can continue wearing his No. 10 Dolphins jersey to play in 2010 season.

Beside Pennington, the Dolphins now have three other quarterbacks on the roster: Chad Henne, Tyler Thigpen and Pat White, and Henne is most likely to take the starting job to replace Pennington, who has had a shoulder surgery to repair a torn labrum and needs further discussion with his doctor to assess his rehabilitation.

According to the Miami Herald, the Dolphins will check if Pennington has recovered fully by watching if he could throw a 15-yard out route before the end of February. If the Dolphins’ final decision is to let Pennington go, the 34-year-old quarterback is likely to play for the Arizona Cardinals.