Cowboys CB Jenkins leaves game against Chicago with apparent knee injury, Witten also out
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Cowboys cornerback Mike Jenkins will have an MRI on his right knee Monday, though he believes everything is OK.
Jenkins was hurt with about 5 minutes left in Dallas' 27-20 loss to the Chicago Bears when he got tangled up with receiver Johnny Knox trying to block him. Jenkins remained down on the sideline after Devin Hester's 38-yard catch to the Cowboys 3 that led to a touchdown on the next play.
"He tried to block me and I tried to throw him off," Jenkins said. "We just collided knees."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}After being tended to and helped to his feet by medical personnel, Jenkins was then taken to the locker room on a motorized cart. But he said afterward he just had a "little swelling" and was walking around without any significant problem.
"It's probably just a deep bruise," he said.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said the initial reports on Jenkins were good.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"It examined well," Jones said. "Now that doesn't mean anything until we get him in there (Monday)."
About 4 minutes before Jenkins got hurt, Cowboys tight end Jason Witten came off the field after being crushed between two defenders and getting his head slammed into the turf after making a 23-yard catch.
"(Witten) got banged up to where we had to hold him out," coach Wade Phillips said after the game.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jones said he didn't have a report on Witten, who left the locker room without speaking to reporters.
Witten's catch got the Cowboys to the Chicago 31, but they missed a field goal.