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Jets' Henderson gets contract extension





June 2, 2005
CBS SportsLine.com wire reports



HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- The New York Jets have extended the contract of defensive coordinator Donnie Henderson, under whom their defense moved last season from 21st to seventh in yards allowed.

Henderson, who had coached Baltimore's secondary from 1999-2003, took over when Ted Cottrell was fired after the 2003 season.

In addition to ranking in the top ten in yards allowed, the Jets allowed 16.3 points a game, third best in team history and had 33 takeaways, fourth best in the NFL. They also shut out their opponents in the second half of seven games, best in the league.

"Donnie Henderson instilled a fire in our defensive unit that had an effect on the entire football team," coach Herman Edwards said Thursday in announcing the extension. Before joining the Ravens, Henderson was an assistant coach at Utah State, Idaho, California, Arizona State and Houston.
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Pennington yet to throw

BY RICH CIMINI
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

Chad Pennington still is on schedule to test his surgically repaired shoulder by the end of the month, but the Jets' quarterback missed his last chance yesterday to throw in an official practice before training camp.

The Jets wrapped up their offseason program, which included three weeks of practices, and Pennington didn't participate in any of the sessions, according to a team spokesman. The practices were closed to the media.

That Pennington didn't throw isn't necessarily a setback. Even though Herm Edwards indicated at the post-draft minicamp in late April that there was a possibility of Pennington throwing in the June OTAs (organized team activities), the coach never gave a specific return date, saying it would be "some time in June."

Edwards still has three weeks to be proved right. Through a team spokesman, he confirmed that he expects his $64million quarterback to start throwing before July 1. With the team scattered until training camp, which opens July 29, Pennington will have to resume throwing in informal workouts at Hofstra, not organized drills.

Pennington, four months removed from surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff in his throwing shoulder, said at the last minicamp that he expects to have a "normal" training camp. Chances are, his workload will be scaled back. He also said there's "no doubt" he will be ready for the opener, Sept. 11 in Kansas City.

At the time of the surgery, doctors said it would be three to four months before Pennington could resume throwing.

Notebook

DONNIE ON THE SPOT: CB Donnie Abraham, once thought to be leaning toward retirement, participated in the three-week session. The club expects Abraham to play in 2005, but it's still not a guarantee.... Jets have expressed interest in veteran RT Scott Gragg, cut recently by the 49ers, but they're in no rush to make a move. They're still hopeful that Adrian Jones can nail down the starting job in training camp. ...The Jets finalized a deal yesterday with former Tennessee RB Cedric Houston, a sixth-round pick....QB Bill Whittemore was waived.

Originally published on June 9, 2005

 

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and they still play in Giants stadium.