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Getty Images The Chargers don’t have left tackle Russell Okung in the lineup as he’s on the non-football illness list due to the pulmonary embolism he suffered this offseason. It looks like the Lions are going to be without their left tackle for Sunday’s game as well. Taylor Decker was listed...

Getty Images The Chargers have a handful of questionables for Sunday’s game against the Lions, but a few they’ll be monitoring closely in the next two days. Via Eric Williams of ESPN.com, Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said wide receiver Mike Williams would be a game-time decision. He’s listed as...

Getty Images Week Two of the 2019 NFL season kicked off on Thursday with a win by the Buccaneers and it continues with 14 more games on Sunday, which means that the 28 teams in those games submitted their final injury reports of the week on Friday. Questionable players are uncertain to play...

Getty Images Sometimes the best ideas are hiding in plain sight. With Week Two looming, neither Chargers running back Melvin Gordon nor Washington left tackle Trent Williams have ended their holdouts. And with Gordon planning to stay away as long as he can while still getting credit for the...

The Chargers are currently playing without their starting running back over contract unhappiness. Their quarterback, at least, shouldn’t be a problem for them. Philip Rivers told Ian Rapoport of NFL Media that he was “at peace” with his contractual situation. He’s in the final year of his...

Getty Images The Pro Football Hall of Fame announced plans for an expanded class of inductees in 2020 by approving a proposal to put together a group of 15 candidates for selection in addition to the annual group of modern era nominees. That new group will be made up of 10 seniors candidates...

Getty Images Chargers safety Derwin James hopes to return this season. The team put him on injured reserve after he underwent surgery on his right foot Aug. 22, so he will miss at least half the season. But eight games with James is better than 16 games without him. “That’s the goal. That’s...

Getty Images With Hunter Henry set to miss at least a month due to a tibial plateau fracture in his left knee, the Los Angeles Chargers brought in a trio of tight ends for workouts. Ben Koyack, Will Tye and Luke Willson were among six players the Chargers hosted for workouts this week. All...

Getty Images When Philip Rivers made his first NFL start in 2006, Matthew Stafford was just starting his freshman year at Georgia. Rivers has never missed a start since stepping on the field for the Chargers on that September afternoon and, barring an anvil falling on his head, he’ll make his...

Getty Images Hunter Henry‘s star-crossed NFL career now has another hurdle. The Chargers announced the fourth-year tight end suffered a tibia plateau fracture to his left knee in last week’s win over the Colts. “Henry will continue to be evaluated, and the timeframe for his return has not yet...

Getty Images While a tibial plateau fracture ended a season for J.J. Watt, the Chargers are hoping tight end Hunter Henry can return from his. Via Gilbert Manzano of the Los Angeles Daily News, Chargers coach Anthony Lynn said he was hoping Henry would be back before too long. “We’re not...

Getty Images Tight end Hunter Henry isn’t the only one of Philip Rivers‘s receiving options dealing with an injury at the moment. Henry is set to miss time with a tibial plateau fracture that the Chargers hope is not a season-ending issue and head coach Anthony Lynn said on Wednesday that the...

Getty Images The Chargers are banged up at cornerback right now and that’s led them to make an addition to the group ahead of this weekend’s game against the Lions. Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports that the team is signing Dontae Johnson to their 53-man roster. According to multiple reports...

Getty Images Chargers punter Ty Long had to do two jobs Sunday, so he won an award Wednesday. Long was named AFC special teams player of the week after pulling double duty in their overtime win over the Colts. He had to sub in for injured kicker Michael Badgley, and hit a 40-yard field goal...

Getty Images It made a stir on Sunday night. It’s been confirmed on Tuesday morning. Armando Salguero of the Miami Herald echoes and elaborates on our report that multiple Dolphins players already have asked their agents to find a new team for them. As Salguero explains it, players were...

When running back Le'Veon Bell became a free agent, many said the Colts should pursue him. The easy response was this: They have Marlon Mack. And Mack leads the NFL in rushing through the first week of the 2019 season. He has 174 yards, 124 of which came in the third quarter alone. He has a...

Getty Images Austin Ekeler went a long way for a touchdown that put the Chargers up 24-9 in the third quarter, but Marlon Mack saw his 55-yard touchdown and raised him eight yards for a quick reply. Mack’s 63-yard touchdown run and Adam Vinatieri‘s extra point cut L.A.’s lead to eight points...

Getty Images The NFL’s all-time leading scorer is having a dreadful game in Los Angeles. Colts kicker Adam Vinatieri missed an extra point after a T.Y. Hilton touchdown catch in the first half and then missed a field goal at the end of the second quarter. Vinatieri hit a field goal in the...

Getty Images The Chargers had chances to put Sunday’s game against the Colts away in the second half, but turnovers kept the Colts alive until the final minute of the game. The Colts took possession of the ball after picking Philip Rivers off in the end zone and they moved the ball to the...

Getty Images The Chargers couldn’t close out the Colts in regulation, but they got the job done in overtime. They got the ball first in the extra session and quickly moved into Colts territory with completions to Keenan Allen and Hunter Henry. A 19-yard run by Austin Ekeler got them into the...