Jets NT Jenkins was placed on season-ending injured reserve

The New York Jets will play the remainder of the season without the big nose tackle, Kris Jenkins, who was placed on season-ending injured reserve Monday with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.

“That’s hard,” Jets Coach Rex Ryan said of the huge loss for one of the league’s top-ranked defenses. “It’s going to be hard to replace Kris. There’s not many Kris Jenkins playing in this league. Obviously, his impact is going to be felt.”

The four-time Pro Bowl selection was injured while making a tackle in the second quarter of the Jets’ 16-13 overtime loss to Buffalo on Sunday. The tackle now has to walk on crutches with his leg heavily wrapped and feels frustrated for not being able to play with his team. It was just his second season wearing the Jets jersey and he really hopes that he would be ready for the start of the team’s offseason conditioning programs.

Jenkins said it would be a few weeks later when the knee will be operated on and part of his hamstring would be used to replace the ACL.