FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — For a team that has lost its first four games of the season, the revelation that Braelon Allen is expected to miss the next eight to 12 weeks with a sprained MCL was not exactly the best possible outcome for the Jets.

Coach Aaron Glenn announced before practice Friday that Allen does not necessarily need surgery to repair the knee injury. Instead, the second-year running back could opt to rehab the injury and the timeframe to return to the Jets would be the same.

Allen suffered the injury in the Jets’ 27-21 loss to the Dolphins on Monday night.

“It could be eight to 12 weeks,” said Glenn, who stressed that the decision about surgery will be made by the second-year running back and his agent, Joe Panos. “It seems like that. We know it is a significant amount of t

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