Kris Jenkins Out for Season With Torn ACL
October 19, 2009 by David Kindervater
Filed under N.Y. Jets
The confident N.Y. Jets were talking a good game this season. And at 3-0, they were backing it up. But during the past three weeks, they’ve failed to back up that talk with three straight defeats. After yesterday’s 16-13 overtime loss to the Buffalo Bills, it will be even harder to keep that swagger because it was announced that four-time Pro Bowl nose tackle Kris Jenkins will miss the remainder of the season with a torn ACL in his left knee.
Kris Jenkins, N.Y. Jets / Image: Zuma Press
This is a devastating loss for the Jets’ defensive line. They certainly won’t be able to replace Kris with Sione Pouha or Howard Green. So they’ll have to make due for the remainder of the 2009 season. But Kris anticipates a full recovery and return to the Jets in 2010. And who can argue with him? He tore the ACL in his right knee when he was with the Carolina Panthers four years ago. He not only made a full recovery from that injury, he also went to the Pro Bowl the following season.
Source: NewYorkJets.com
