"So here's a quarterback scenario, one the Dolphins would welcome:

Chad Henne stays healthy from start to finish.

He plays all 16 games.

He plays well.

And so all Chad Pennington, just two years removed from finishing second in the NFL's MVP voting, does in 2010 is hold a clipboard and offer a sounding board.

Is Pennington on board with that? If, after all that rehab, he never takes a snap? If, at just age 34, he's simply a Sunday spectator? Merely a mentor?

"Competitively, that's hard for anybody," Pennington said Wednesday after throwing about 50 passes in an organized team activities practice without much velocity but also without pain. "Personally and professionally, and being a teammate here, that's what I'm prepared to do.

"When I signed that dotted line, I prepared myself for anything and everything. Everything from not seeing a rep, even being cut and traded, all the way to starting every game and going to a Super Bowl. I'm prepared for the worst of situations and the best of situations.""