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Getty Images Melvin Gordon said he returned now because “we’re 1-2.” But the running back won’t help the Chargers by sitting on the bench. With Justin Jackson out for Sunday, Gordon could play a limited role against the Dolphins. “I’ve said all along there’s a chance,” Chargers coach Anthony...

Getty Images Week Four of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Eagles and it continues with 13 more games on Sunday, which means that the 28 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. The teams playing on Monday night won’t release...

Getty Images Running back Melvin Gordon is returning to work with the Chargers on Thursday after an extended holdout that did not result in the new contract he’s trying to get from the team. While the Chargers didn’t trip over themselves to give Gordon a new deal, that doesn’t mean they aren’t...

Getty Images Running back Melvin Gordon returned to the Chargers on Thursday and will practice with the team for the first time since starting his holdout earlier this year. Head coach Anthony Lynn said at a press conference that the team will gauge where Gordon’s at over the next couple of...

Getty Images Chargers running back Melvin Gordon is ending his holdout. He will report to the team Thursday, Ian Rapoport of the NFL reports. Gordon will not play this week. Reports earlier Wednesday indicated the end of Gordon’s holdout was close, and PFT reiterated Gordon needs to be on...

Getty Images It’s a Sunday Splash! on a Wednesday. Adam Schefter of ESPN now reports that Chargers running back Melvin Gordon‘s “holdout could soon be coming to an end, though no final decisions have made when to report.” Schefter adds that Gordon “had planned to return at some point in...

Getty Images Tanking doesn’t make for must-see TV. As expected. Via Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald, Sunday’s Dolphins-Cowboys game drew a 9.5 rating in the local market. Jackson notes that it’s “rare” for any team to draw a single-digit rating in its own market. The number means that 9.5...

Getty Images The Dolphins worked out four receivers Tuesday. They apparently didn’t like any of them better than what they have on their practice squad. With Allen Hurns in concussion protocol and Albert Wilson working his way back from a hip injury, the Dolphins promoted receiver Isaiah Ford...

Getty Images Dolphins coach Brian Flores announced Wednesday morning that Josh Rosen would start at quarterback Sunday. Thus, the Dolphins expect Rosen to play this week despite adding him to the practice report. He has an injury to his throwing elbow but fully practiced Wednesday. Receiver...

Getty Images The Chargers love what they’re getting from Keenan Allen. It would be lovely if someone would join him. Via Jeff Miller of the Los Angeles Times, Chargers coach Anthony Lynn is obviously concerned about the lack of non-Allen production from his team. “We’re going to need...

Getty Images Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen has been the NFL’s most productive pass catcher this season, and it isn’t even close. Allen has a league-leading 29 catches, a league-leading 404 receiving yards, a league-leading 20 receiving first downs and a league-leading eight catches of 20...

Getty Images The Dolphins announced Tuesday that they signed offensive tackle Andrew Donnal. He will take the roster spot created by the release of defensive end Tank Carradine. Donnal has played 29 games with six starts over four NFL seasons. In 2018 with Detroit, Donnal appeared in two...

Getty Images The Chargers outlasted the Colts in overtime in Week One despite not playing all that well, but their sloppy play caught up with them in losses to the Lions and Texans the last two weeks. One of the team’s veteran leaders is urging the team to use those results as a warning...

Getty Images Chargers safety Derwin James was robbed at gunpoint more than a year ago. One of the men who took James’ Rolex and gold chain was sentenced to nine years in state prison for the crime, TMZSports.com reports. Kevin Mitchell also was ordered to pay fines, fees and restitution...

Getty Images The Chargers and Texans played today, so of course it went down to the wire. Both teams entered today’s game 1-1, with one thrilling last-minute win and one heartbreaking last-minute loss each. And so when they met again today, no one could be surprised that it went down to the...

Getty Images The Texans saw quarterback Deshaun Watson get sacked and hit far too often over the first two weeks of the season, which led to a couple of changes on the offensive line for Sunday’s game against the Chargers. First-round pick Tytus Howard moved from left guard to right tackle and...

Getty Images Chargers kicker Michael Badgley is set to miss his third straight game. Badgley was listed as questionable on Friday with the groin injury that’s kept him from kicking in the first two games of the season. He’s trending in the wrong direction on Saturday, however. Badgley has...

Getty Images Somewhere, the continuous Sunday Splash! mandate will cause someone to take some aspect of the Melvin Gordon holdout and massage it into news. Sometimes, no news is the only news that can be squeezed out of a lingering situation. For the Chargers running back, the only news this...

Getty Images Fred Roggin apparently didn’t get the Sunday Splash! memo. The KNBC-TV sports anchor in L.A. has teased a Monday bombshell regarding the relationship between the Rams and the Chargers, who will begin sharing a new stadium in 2020. (And by “sharing,” we mean it’s the Rams’ stadium...

Getty Images The Texans haven’t seen the kind of improvement they hoped to see from their offensive line, but it appears they’ll have left tackle Laremy Tunsil on the field as they try for better results in Los Angeles on Sunday. Tunsil is dealing with an ankle injury that made him a limited...