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Bears' Houston out for season with torn ACL suffered while celebrating sack

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Chicago Bears defensive end Lamarr Houston is done for the season after tearing his ACL in Sunday's 51-23 loss to the New England Patriots, the team announced Monday.

Houston suffered the injury while celebrating a sack, but said after the game that he didn't think he tore anything. 

"I probably shouldn't have celebrated while they were blowing us out, but it happens," Houston said, according to Michael C. Wright of ESPN.com. "Landed wrong, tried to hop up, didn't feel right, so we'll see what happens tomorrow."

This is the second time this season a NFL player has had his season ended while celebrating a sack. Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch suffered a torn ACL after jumping into the air during Detroit's victory over the Green Bay Packers in Week 3.

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