Penny is a home run hitter. A great receiving threat, as a back.
He is not a bell cow. He shouldn't be getting lots of touches and frankly, should not even play every game.
We don't even need him every game.
I would be fine if he only showed up 3-5 games in the regular season and then balled out in the playoffs. That is how they should use him.
There was a guy that played for the Eagles, I want to say Jevon Kearse. The guy was incredible. A terror at DE, and incredible at eating QBs. He was basically what Clowney was supposed to be. But he kept getting hurt. The Eagles stupidly tried to use him in regular season, he would invariably get hurt, then he was rarely there to help them in the playoffs. You would think they would learn. Not sure they ever did. Kind of feels the same with Penny. I don't WANT him playing every game. Just be the difference in 1 or 2 games in the regular season and win us 1 playoff game.
That said, preseason doesn't matter. So nobody should care. The only reason this matters is because we all instinctively know & expect Penny to get hurt. And instead of looking to limit that, we just keep using the guy. I have no idea why. Roll with him for 1/3 the regular season games, and then use him if we make the playoffs. It shouldn't be this difficult.