Editor’s note: Chiefs starting right guard Laurent-Duvernay Tardif is on the shelf for the foreseeable future with a fractured fibula. What does that mean, exactly? Let’s bring in our in-house injury expert Aaron Borgmann, to find out.
We unfortunately learned Sunday that Laurent Duvernay-Tardif suffered a fractured fibula on a play late in the game. Here, we will discuss the mechanism from the video provided and talk about possibilities for recovery based upon the information that has been released to the public.
For those unfamiliar with the fibula, it is a long thin bone on the lateral (outside) aspect of the lower leg.