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Chargers QB Justin Herbert dealing with ankle injury, leg contusion
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert sustained two injuries — a leg contusion and an ankle issue — in their loss Sunday night to the host Kansas City Chiefs.
Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh revealed the ankle injury in meeting with reporters on Wednesday. He said it is a separate ailment from the high ankle sprain that Herbert played through earlier in the season.
“I’d like to give him some rest, but you know Justin. I don’t control him,” Harbaugh said ahead of Wednesday’s team practice. “Sometimes he looks at me and he goes out there and a lot of times it’s good for him. He’s one of those type of guys where football is the treatment, is the medicine, and I get that.”
The Chargers (8-5) host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-6) on Sunday.
“He’ll be doing everything and anything in his power to play on Sunday,” Harbaugh said on Wednesday. “We’ll see about (practice) today.”
Herbert, 26, missed one play when he sustained the leg contusion near the end of the first half of the 19-17 loss to the Chiefs. Herbert said after the game that he thought he took a helmet to the knee.
He has completed 234 of 366 passes (63.9 percent) for 2,764 yards and 14 touchdowns with one interception — a league-best rate of 0.3 percent — in starting all 13 games this season.
Herbert has started all 75 games of his career since the Chargers selected him sixth overall in the 2020 NFL Draft. He has completed 66.2 percent of his passes for 19,987 yards, 128 TDs and 43 interceptions.
–Field Level Media
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Reports: Chargers QB Justin Herbert (ankle) expected to start vs. Chiefs
Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is preparing to play through a high-ankle sprain when the Kansas City Chiefs visit Los Angeles on Sunday, according to multiple reports on Saturday.
Herbert was limited at practice for the third straight day on Friday, when the injury report listed him as questionable for the Chargers (2-1) in an AFC West Division matchup with the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs (3-0).
He also was questionable before last Sunday’s game at the Pittsburgh Steelers, when he aggravated the right ankle sprain in the third quarter of the Chargers’ 20-10 loss and didn’t return.
Herbert, 26, sprained the ankle in a 26-3 victory over the Carolina Panthers in Week 2.
“I feel better than I did last Wednesday,” Herbert said on Wednesday. “And so as long as we keep moving forward and we keep getting better, we’re not taking those setbacks. I think we’re moving in the right direction.”
Los Angeles could use this week to give Herbert recovery time with a bye in Week 5, but Herbert said on Wednesday that he didn’t think the team was planning to sit him.
“That was part of the conversation,” Herbert said. “I don’t think that’s the way we’re heading.”
The fifth-year quarterback has completed 67.2 percent of his passes and thrown for 399 yards with four touchdowns and one interception in three starts this season for the Chargers.
Taylor Heinicke (29 career starts) completed both of his pass attempts for 24 yards in relief of Herbert last Sunday. Easton Stick (four starts) is also an option if Herbert can’t go.
The Chargers will play without starting left tackle Rashawn Slater (pectoral injury), and rookie right tackle Joe Alt (sprained MCL) was downgraded from questionable to doubtful on Saturday.
Defensively, Los Angeles will be without star edge rusher Joey Bosa (hip) and linebacker Junior Colson (hamstring), and safety Derwin James Jr. is serving a one-game suspension after being penalized for unnecessary roughness at Pittsburgh.
Herbert, a Pro Bowl selection in 2021, is taking a positive approach to his situation.
“I don’t think worrying does too much. It doesn’t help too much,” he said. “Take it day by day to see how it feels, and if it is an issue, then it’s not safe to go out there and not smart to go play, but it has gotten better.”
–Field Level Media
Chargers QB Justin Herbert (ankle) questionable vs. Chiefs
Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert (ankle) is questionable for Sunday’s game against the visiting Kansas City Chiefs in Los Angeles.
Herbert was a limited participant in practice for the third straight day on Friday. He is dealing with a high-ankle sprain he reaggravated during the Chargers’ 20-10 loss last Sunday at the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Los Angeles (2-1) has a bye following Sunday’s game, but Herbert told reporters Wednesday he intended to play against Kansas City (3-0) instead of buying an extra week of rest.
“That was part of the conversation,” Herbert said on potentially sitting out Sunday. “I don’t think that’s the way we’re heading.”
The fifth-year quarterback has completed 67.2 percent of his passes and thrown for 399 yards with four touchdowns and one interception in three starts this season for the Chargers.
Taylor Heinicke (29 career starts) completed both of his pass attempts for 24 yards in relief of Herbert last Sunday. Easton Stick (four starts) is also an option if Herbert can’t go.
Whoever lines up under center for Los Angeles on Sunday will have to manage without starting left tackle Rashawn Slater, who was ruled out with a pectoral injury. Rookie right tackle Joe Alt is questionable with a sprained MCL.
Defensively, the Chargers will be without star edge rusher Joey Bosa (hip) and linebacker Junior Colson (hamstring).
Wide receiver Derius Davis and defensive back Deane Leonard are questionable with hamstring issues, while corner Kristian Fulton (knee) and defensive back Ja’Sir Taylor (fibula) are also questionable.
–Field Level Media
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Chargers QB Justin Herbert (ankle) making progrees
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is hopeful that his injured right ankle won’t prevent him from playing in Sunday’s AFC West showdown against the visiting Kansas City Chiefs.
Herbert had to depart last weekend’s 20-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers after aggravating the ankle injury he initially sustained in Week 2 against the Carolina Panthers.
“It’s early. But I’m going to do everything I can to play,” Herbert told reporters on Wednesday. “As long as we keep moving in the right direction with weight room, treatment, that’s always the goal.”
Herbert said he’s healthier at midweek than he was leading into last week’s game against the Steelers.
“I feel better than I did last Wednesday,” Herbert said. “And so as long as we keep moving forward and we keep getting better, we’re not taking those setbacks. I think we’re moving in the right direction.”
Herbert was listed as a limited practice participant on Wednesday, but he isn’t going to fret about Sunday at this point in the week.
“I don’t think worrying does too much. It doesn’t help too much,” Herbert said. “Take it day by day to see how it feels, and if it is an issue, then it’s not safe to go out there and not smart to go play, but it has gotten better.”
Herbert said he received good news after undergoing X-rays and an MRI exam. He said he wore a boot on the foot on Sunday and Monday.
The Chargers (2-1) have a bye in Week 5, which could come to play in any decision involving Herbert.
Taylor Heinicke would start if Herbert can’t play against the Chiefs (3-0). Heinicke replaced Herbert against the Steelers and completed both passes he tossed but was also sacked three times.
Herbert was 12-of-18 passing for 125 yards and one touchdown against Pittsburgh. He has passed for 399 yards, four touchdowns and one interception this season.
Star outside linebacker Joey Bosa (hip) and offensive tackles Rashawn Slater (pectoral) and Joe Alt (knee) were among the players who missed Wednesday’s practice. Slater and Alt are expected to sit out against the Chiefs.
–Field Level Media
Reports: Chargers RT Joe Alt (knee) likely out vs. Chiefs
Chargers rookie right tackle Joe Alt may miss Los Angeles’ home game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday with a sprained MCL, ESPN reported Monday.
The fifth overall pick of this year’s NFL draft, Alt sustained the injury during the fourth quarter of the Chargers’ 20-10 loss at the Pittsburgh Steelers last Sunday.
Pittsburgh defensive tackle Cameron Heyward rolled up on Alt’s right leg during Los Angeles’ final possession of the game.
NFL Network reported Monday that Alt will not need surgery but will miss “some time.”
Alt’s injury came one quarter after Chargers left tackle Rashawn Slater exited with a pectoral injury. Slater’s status for Kansas City is unknown.
Justin Herbert’s status is also murky after the Los Angeles quarterback aggravated a high ankle sprain in the third quarter against the Steelers.
Herbert left the stadium in a walking boot, though Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh told reporters Monday that X-rays on the quarterback’s right ankle were negative.
Los Angeles star edge rusher Joey Bosa also exited Sunday’s loss after two plays as he continues to battle a hip injury. His status for Sunday is unknown.
The Chargers (2-1) have a bye following their game against the Chiefs (3-0).
–Field Level Media
Report: X-rays negative for Chargers QB Justin Herbert (ankle)
X-rays on the ankle of Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert came back negative after the game, NFL Network reported Monday.
Herbert will continue to be monitored this week, per the report.
He hobbled off the field in the third quarter of Sunday’s 20-10 road loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers due to soreness from a previous ankle injury and was seen in a walking boot after the game.
Herbert, who never returned to the game, acknowledged afterward that he felt soreness increasing throughout the game from the earlier injury, a high ankle sprain, that put him in question entering the contest.
Taylor Heinicke took over under center for the Chargers, completing 2 of 2 passes for 24 yards, but Los Angeles was shut out the rest of the way.
Prior to exiting, Herbert completed 12 of 18 passes for 125 yards and a touchdown. He has thrown for 399 yards with four TDs and one interception through three starts.
Herbert, 26, missed two practices and was limited in another last week due to a high ankle sprain.
The Chargers (2-1) host the Kansas City Chiefs (3-0) next Sunday.
–Field Level Media
Chargers QB Justin Herbert (ankle) questionable to return against Steelers
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert hobbled off the field in the third quarter of Sunday’s meeting with the Pittsburgh Steelers due to an apparent ankle injury and was questionable to return.
Herbert went to the sideline as the clock ticked under seven minutes in the third following a 1-yard rush by J.K. Dobbins. One play earlier, the Los Angeles signal-caller seemingly got his ankle caught under Pittsburgh defensive tackle Cameron Heyward on a sack.
Taylor Heinicke took over under center for the Chargers.
Herbert went to the blue medical tent, eventually emerging to return to the Los Angeles bench with his helmet off.
Prior to exiting, Herbert completed 12 of 18 passes for 125 yards and a touchdown.
Herbert, 26, missed two practices and was limited in another this week due to a high ankle sprain.
–Field Level Media