CHIEFS SAFETY SORENSEN TO MISS SIX WEEKS

The Chiefs will be without starting safety Daniel Sorensen for the start of the season after he had surgery to repair a broken shin bone and damage to his left knee.

Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder described the injury Saturday as a tibial plateau fracture, which involves the upper part of the shin. Sorensen also damaged his medial collateral ligament and tore his meniscus when he was hurt during a specialteams drill last week.

“One of the guys fell on his leg,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said.

The injury is similar to the one suffered by J.J. Watt last year, causing the Texans defensive end to miss the rest of the season. That may be Sorensen’s fate, too, but Burkholder said the Chiefs plan to wait six weeks before evaluating him again.

The Chiefs also announced that Dillon Gordon had been placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury, and that fellow offensive lineman Alex Officer had been signed to take his place.

Titans add 2 defensive backs, drop 2 others. NASHVILLE» The Titans announced they agreed to terms with Kenneth Durden and Trey Caldwell and waived cornerbacks Joseph Este and Jarell Carter.

Durden spent last season on Oakland’s practice squad after going undrafted out of Youngstown State.

Caldwell was drafted out of Louisiana-monroe in 2016 in the fifth round by Cleveland, where he was on the practice squad before being signed in December and playing one game.

Jets LB Pierre-louis suspended 1 game.

N.J.» Jets linebacker Kevin Pierre-louis has been suspended by the NFL for the first game of the regular season without pay for violating the league’s substance abuse policy.

Pierre-louis was arrested and charged in January with several misdemeanors, including possession of marijuana, after a traffic stop in suburban Kansas City.

In March, he reached a plea deal in which the marijuana possession charge would be dropped if he completes a one-year probation.