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Chiefs WR Marquise Brown to undergo surgery, be placed on IR

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Chiefs wide receiver Marquise "Hollywood" Brown will undergo surgery for his sternoclavicular injury, with coach Andy Reid saying Brown is set to miss months.

Rick Burkholder, the Chiefs' vice president of sports medicine and performance, told reporters that specialists determined it was too risky for Brown to play. The wide receiver is set to undergo surgery Monday in Colorado.

The Chiefs' major offseason free agent signing, Brown suffered a dislocation of one of the shoulder joints after catching a pass on the first play of Kansas City's first preseason game Aug.