Chad Pennington spent two nerve-racking weeks at home in Tennessee last fall wondering if his right shoulder would ever be the same.
"That was the lowest point, not knowing what direction I would go in, whether it was good or bad or whether it was with football or without football," the Jets quarterback said. "I had no idea."
Pennington overcame a second torn rotator cuff in as many years, and incredible odds, to win the AP NFL Comeback Player of the Year award Thursday.
Pennington Wins AP Comeback Player Of Year Award