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**BU54** · 08-29-2006, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by jetvilma51

curtis martin has no cartilage in his knee, so hes running bone on bone and he hasnt fully recovered from surgery

That's really bad. I know with todays medical technology they can work wonders. But a sport a punishing as football. Well he just can't be the same and he will not be worth squat in a trade.

J-Unit · 08-29-2006, 10:15 PM

He will most likely retire.

**MickeyG** · 08-29-2006, 11:04 PM

terrible news for Martin and i think we all kind of expected Pennington to start.

**truebluefan** · 08-30-2006, 09:08 AM

Curtis Martin will start the year on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list. Now, the question is when - or if - he will suit up for the Jets again.

"I spoke with Curtis and the doctors and we've done everything we could, but he's not ready," Eric Mangini said yesterday.

The move means Martin, whose recovery from knee surgery in December has not gone as hoped, is out for at least the first six weeks of the season, after which he can be re-evaluated for the next 21 days.

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**truebluefan** · 08-30-2006, 09:47 AM

Chad Pennington hasn't led the Jets to a win - or even a scoring drive - during the preseason, but he officially has scored his most important victory this summer.

Nearly 11 months after undergoing his second rotator-cuff surgery, Pennington was tabbed yesterday by Eric Mangini as the winner of an underwhelming four-man race to be the Jets' starting quarterback in their season opener Sept. 10 in Tennessee.

"It's become really clear to me he's distinguished himself in the way I was looking for," Mangini said in an atypically revealing press conference, which also included the official announcement that running back Curtis Martin (knee) won't be ready to start the season. "Chad's made great progress in the preseason, especially the last couple weeks.

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