We touched upon this first on Twitter — twice, actually — and then in Monday’s chat, but Josh Jenkins has two left knee injuries and two concerns, but one is greater than the other.

A MCL sprain is no joke. He’ll need the six to eight weeks for that thing to tighten up and provide the necessary support, but, as far as knee injuries go, it’s standard. Brace. Therapy. Patience. I had one and, trust me on this, Josh Jenkins is far more equipped to completely recover.

That medial retinaculum strain is tricky.

It is that which WVU is really waiting on and worried about over these next few weeks. In short, there are vital fibers there that support the kneecap and keep it in place and prevent it from traumatic injuries — namely dislocations and ruptures. Those fibers have been stretched and must heal and tighten up so the thing can provide support. Nothing is guaranteed. It might take. It might not.

If it doesn’t, Jenkins, who had a season-ending kneecap dislocation in that same left knee, is undergoing surgery and would, I assume, miss the season. He has a redshirt season to use, though while that’s good for Jenkins and a career that would be interrupted twice, it wouldn’t help a line that missed 2010’s starting tackles, Don Barclay and Jeff Braun, in the spring.

WVU’s head football trainer Dave Kerns is making his rounds to spell this out for everyone.