Chiefs GM John Dorsey: 'Justin Houston will be playing this season'
Houston had surgery in February to fix his ACL.
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Jared Dubin
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Star Kansas City Chiefs pass rusher Justin Houston had surgery in February to fix what the Chiefs described as an ACL that was not torn, but not functioning properly. The initial recovery period was designated as six to 12 months, but seven weeks later, he was already working out with a weight belt and getting seemingly normal flexion and extension in his knee.
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On Friday, Chiefs GM John Dorsey stated that despite the recovery period set in place for Houston previously, the linebacker will play during the 2016 season.
"I'm not a medical expert," Dorsey said, per NFL.com, "but I can tell you that Justin Houston will be playing this season."
One reporter asked the obviously follow-up to that: When?
"Not being a medical expert, I really can't definitively tell you that answer," Dorsey responded, "but I would say that our doctors have reassured us that he will play this season."
That's obviously great news for the Chiefs, and for NFL fans as well. We can only hope that Houston is the same player post-injury as he was before: the player that has racked up 56.0 sacks in 70 career games and let the league with 22.0 in 2014.
On that front, Dorsey had more to say.
"He is dialed in. He's excited, I mean ... when you hear from him, you see, he's going to be Justin Houston when he gets back here."
