BOCA RATON, Fla.
Justin Houston’s status for at least the early part of the 2016 season is in doubt.
On Tuesday, the Chiefs revealed that Houston — their star outside linebacker who was diagnosed with a hyperextended left knee in November — had surgery last month to fix an anterior cruciate ligament.
According to Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder, orthopedic surgeon James Andrews determined while scoping Houston’s knee in early February that the ACL was not functioning properly, even though it wasn’t torn.
So Andrews, Burkholder said, met with the Chiefs’ doctors and they decided to fix Houston’s ACL.