Chargers operating again Omarion Hampton can be positioned on injured reserve, coach Jim Harbaugh stated Monday, which means the rookie first-round choose can be out for at the very least the following 4 video games.
Late within the third quarter of Sunday’s 27-10 loss to Washington, Hampton got here up limping after colliding with a Commanders cross rusher. After the sport, the operating again rode by the Chargers’ locker room on the again of a golf cart, sporting a protecting boot on his left foot. Harbaugh declined to elaborate on the scenario in his postgame feedback.
Nevertheless, Harbaugh revealed Monday that Hampton can be out for at the very least a month.
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Sam Farmer breaks down what went unsuitable for the Chargers of their 27-10 loss to the Washington Commanders at SoFi Stadium on Sunday.
Hampton, a College of North Carolina standout chosen twenty second general final spring, rushed for 44 yards in 12 carries Sunday and had six receptions for 26 yards.
“He’s been getting in a extremely good rhythm, taking part in rather well,” Harbaugh stated. “Particular participant. That was an unlucky prevalence.”
The Chargers, who play Sunday at Miami, wish to halt a two-game shedding slide. That they had put extra on the shoulders of their rookie operating again after shedding veteran Najee Harris to a torn Achilles tendon within the second quarter of a Week 3 victory over Denver.
The group is already coping with a slew of accidents alongside the offensive line and wishes a dependable operating recreation to take strain off of quarterback Justin Herbert, who was hit a mixed 21 instances previously two video games.
In a Week 4 loss on the New York Giants, Hampton ran for 128 yards in 12 carries, together with a 54-yard landing run.
Harbaugh stated the Chargers will flip to order operating backs Hassan Haskins, Kimani Vidal and Amar Johnson and “have a look at different avenues as nicely.”
The Chargers are coming off a loss through which they bought off to a 10-0 lead earlier than surrendering 27 unanswered factors. They’ve been penalized 24 instances previously two video games.
“In actually all phases, each group’s bought fingerprints on it, each place group, each coach,” Harbaugh stated. “We’re all that, wall to wall, going again, seeing each manner we will assault and be higher.”
