Throughout his preliminary overview of the Chargers’ season schedule, offensive coordinator Greg Roman stopped in need of cursing the crew’s Week 5 off week, however he was not less than “strongly speaking against it.”
“As it turns out,” Roman mentioned this week, “it’s a gift from the football gods.”
The Chargers (2-2) misplaced consecutive video games getting into the off week, however received the break by progressing key gamers again from damage.
Forward of Sunday’s sport towards the Denver Broncos, offensive tackles Rashawn Slater (pectoral) and Joe Alt (knee) returned to observe for the primary time since they had been injured in Week 3 towards the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Quarterback Justin Herbert, nursing a sprained proper ankle, began collaborating in crew durations at observe and mentioned he felt as wholesome as he’s been since struggling the damage in Week 2.
Getting the starters again may very well be a much-needed treatment for the Chargers’ anemic offense that hasn’t scored a second-half landing since Week 1. After averaging 197.5 yards dashing within the first two video games, the Chargers have mustered simply 116 mixed within the final two.
The Broncos (3-2) aren’t a simple launching pad. Winners of three straight, they provide up simply 4.4 yards per play, the second fewest within the NFL.
The Chargers have misplaced three straight to their AFC West rivals and haven’t received in Denver since 2018.
