"They share the same stadium. They're both high-profile members of their teams and they both found themselves in trying situations this week.

But Chad Pennington never will be confused with Hanley Ramirez. While Ramirez was in damage-control mode stemming from his failure to hustle and subsequent blasting of Marlins manager Fredi Gonzalez, Pennington was Pennington.

Which is why he's still a Miami Dolphin.

Pennington is only a year removed from being the team co-MVP, yet he'll enter this season as a backup to Chad Henne and might not take a snap. He could whine, but that would be out of character for Pennington, who believes his team-first, coach-on-the-field approach is why the Dolphins' brass of Bill Parcells, Jeff Ireland and coach Tony Sparano re-signed him.

"If I didn't have a great relationship with Bill and Jeff and coach Sparano, and they didn't know me as well as they know me, I wouldn't be here," Pennington said."