As a life long Jets fan I can't say that I am surprised one bit. This team, as any other Jet fan could tell you, seems to be cursed. They can never get a break. Every time they are on the cusp of having a Super Bowl caliber season the wheels completely fall off (see 1999: Vinny Testeverde).
I think its pretty safe to say that Chad Pennington's career, at least as a starter, is unfortunately over. It is hard enough for a QB to come back from a torn rotator cuff, in fact no NFL QB has ever successfully done so, but to come back from the exact same injury (in less than a year) twice is as close to impossible as you can get. He didn't have a strong throwing arm to begin with before the first injury either. How much weaker will his passes be with 2 rotator cuff tears.
Brooks Bollinger, the 3rd string guy, will be the starter now. Hopefully he will turn out to be the Jets Tom Brady - his career as a starter began due to an injury to Drew Bledsoe. If not, I would be willing to see the Jets tank the rest of the season and finish 1-15 so they can at least get a guy like Matt Leinart in the draft. Maybe they can get him and he can be the next, next Broadway Joe.
You must have been listening to the FAN this morning.
My daughter is a huge Jets fan. She's on the waiting list for season tickets and the other day she told me that the estimated time for her to get to the front of the line is five years! Right now, that may be a good thing.