Chiefs WR Marquise Brown to have shoulder surgery next week, will be placed on IR
The Chiefs are putting wide receiver Marquise Brown on injured reserve because of the dislocated shoulder joint he sustained in the preseason against Jacksonville
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs wide receiver Marquise Brown will have surgery on his dislocated shoulder joint next week and be placed on injured reserve, keeping one of their biggest free-agent acquisitions out for at least four weeks and perhaps much longer.
Brown, who signed a $7 million contract with Kansas City for this season, dislocated his sternoclavicular joint when he was tackled upon making a catch on Aug. 10 in Jacksonville. The team did not put him on IR when they cut their roster after training camp, hoping that he would be back around the start of the season, but the injury did not heal properly.
“The protocol is you look at that in a week and make sure it's still in place. It was," Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder said after a final practice for Sunday's game against Cincinnati. “He was doing great in rehab, we were talking a return-to-play plan. He had one last check of another image to do at four weeks out from the injury, and it looked like the bone had moved.”
The Chiefs consulted with several doctors before deciding on surgery. The procedure will take place Monday in Vail, Colorado.
