"Former Jets quarterback Chad Pennington will skip next season and work as an analyst for Fox Sports, he told the Charleston Daily Mail today.

Pennington, whose career has been marred by various injuries, will sit out while he recovers from shoulder and knee injuries. He has had four shoulder injuries, a fractured hand and an ankle sprain in his 11-year NFL career. He suffered a knee injury while playing basketball in April, so a return for the free-agent-to-be was not always certain.

"I'm actually going to take this year off, get healthy and do some work for Fox Sports," Pennington told Daily Mail. "I'm going to evaluate things and see where I am physically.""