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Pennington leaves Jets-Pats game with injury
Sep 9, 2007, 19:45 GMT
East Rutherford, NJ - New York Jets quarterback Chad Pennington left the Patriots' 38-14 win over the Jets at the Meadowlands late in the fourth quarter with an apparent right ankle injury.
In the third quarter, Pennington dropped back to pass and had his right leg twisted awkwardly beneath him while being tackled by New England's Jarvis Green. He was able to hop on his left leg to the sidelines under his own power.
He returned with his right ankle and foot heavily taped to lead the Jets on their next offensive series to a touchdown which brought New York within 28-14, but exited after the Patriots' subsequent scoring drive in the fourth to prevent further aggravation of the injury.
Pennington threw for 167 yards and two TD's on 16-of-21 passes in the loss. Backup signal caller Kellen Clemens entered the game and completed 5-of-10 passes for 35 yards.
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