Pennington Has Torn Rotator Cuff

New York Jet quarterback Chad Pennington will miss the rest of the season because of a torn right rotator cuff.

Pennington’s injury was confirmed by a person with knowledge of his condition, but who declined to be identified because the team had not made an official announcement.

An MRI exam showed Pennington tore his rotator cuff in Sunday’s 26-20 overtime loss to Jacksonville. Pennington was expected to visit Dr. James Andrews, an orthopedist, in Alabama today.

Backup Jay Fiedler also damaged his shoulder Sunday and will be sidelined, leaving third-stringer Brooks Bollinger to play quarterback.

Last season, Pennington missed three games because of the same injury and had off-season surgery to repair it. He was sacked on consecutive plays during the Jets’ first series of the second half against Jacksonville. On third and 11, Pennington was taken down by Bobby McCray and fumbled for the second straight down and recovered the ball, but his shoulder was injured on the play.

Fiedler came in, but was hit while completing a 16-yard pass to Justin McCareins -- his sixth play in place of Pennington -- and hurt his shoulder.

Pennington came back to lead the Jets (1-2) on two scoring drives, both capped by field goals, but clearly was hurting and said after the game that the injury felt “similar to last year.”

Bollinger, in his third season with the Jets, has appeared in one NFL game.