{"id":136263,"date":"2024-12-12T17:56:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T10:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136263"},"modified":"2024-12-12T17:56:27","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T10:56:27","slug":"justin-herbert-ruled-out-of-wednesdays-practice-with-ankle-injury-leg-contusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=136263","title":{"rendered":"Justin Herbert ruled out of Wednesday\u2019s practice with ankle injury, leg contusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>EL SEGUNDO, Calif. \u2014 <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"56\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/chargers\/\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> quarterback <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"9NHrY7HxyKCR40Kh\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/justin-herbert-9NHrY7HxyKCR40Kh\/\">Justin Herbert<\/a> missed Wednesday\u2019s practice with thigh and ankle injuries. Herbert said the ankle injury is a sprained ankle and the thigh injury is a contusion. Both injuries are to his left leg.<\/p>\n<p>He suffered both of them in Sunday night\u2019s loss at the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"46\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/chiefs\/\">Kansas City Chiefs<\/a> \u2014 the ankle in the first quarter and the thigh late in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert said the sprained ankle is the \u201cmain reason\u201d he missed Wednesday\u2019s practice. He said he did not know if it is a high or low ankle sprain. Herbert played through a right high ankle sprain earlier this season. When asked about practicing Thursday, Herbert said, \u201cIt really is day by day.\u201d The Chargers host the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"60\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/buccaneers\/\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s how you feel,\u201d Herbert said. \u201cIf I wake up tomorrow and I go check in with the trainers and I say, \u2018Hey, I feel like I can run,\u2019 I\u2019m sure they\u2019re going to be pretty patient with me, understanding that we got to make sure that we ramp up and pass all these checkpoint to be good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Herbert said neither he nor the training staff thought he could provide his teammates with \u201cfull-speed reps\u201d in Wednesday\u2019s practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were all on the same page with that,\u201d Herbert said.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert said he suffered the ankle injury on a third down on the opening offensive series of the game. On the play, Herbert escaped pressure up the middle and took off scrambling. He deked to his left before cutting right into the open field. Herbert broke a tackle, then was dragged down by Chiefs defensive lineman <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"cQ7eeUt239fIPTqF\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/mike-danna-cQ7eeUt239fIPTqF\/\">Mike Danna<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Danna wrapped Herbert up by that left ankle, and it twisted awkwardly as Danna made the tackle.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert did not miss a play after the ankle injury. He said the training staff re-taped his ankle on the outside of his cleat with spatting tape. He returned for the next series.<\/p>\n<p>Felt comfortable going back out there,\u201d Herbert said.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert said he was experiencing some pain while warming up throwing on the sideline. He said he felt the pain when \u201crotating and kind of stepping through the throw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was difficult to play with,\u201d Herbert said.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert added that the Chargers limited the playbook over the remainder of the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t feel great running out of the pocket,\u201d Herbert said. \u201cBut it was just one of those things that you have to battle through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On a third down late in the first half, Herbert escaped pressure to his right. He then threw downfield to receiver <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"TQyVCCH7JvMDHcDN\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/quentin-johnston-TQyVCCH7JvMDHcDN\/\">Quentin Johnston<\/a> along the right sideline. After the throw, Herbert took a shot from linebacker <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"6znttaaz7OG8cFCR\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/nick-bolton-6znttaaz7OG8cFCR\/\">Nick Bolton<\/a>, who made contact with Herbert\u2019s left leg. That is when he sustained the thigh contusion.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert left the game for a play because of the contusion. He said this missed play was not related to the sprained ankle. Herbert returned for the next series and finished the game.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"jasDeepXCL6sM6nc\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/player\/taylor-heinicke-jasDeepXCL6sM6nc\/\">Taylor Heinicke<\/a> replaced Herbert for the one play. Heinicke scrambled for 12 yards. Heinicke was taking snaps from the starting offensive line during the period of Wednesday\u2019s practice open to media.<\/p>\n<p>These are just the latest ailments in what has been an injury-riddled season for Herbert. He missed three weeks of training camp with a plantar fascia injury. He sustained the right high ankle sprain in a Week 2 win over the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"35\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/panthers\/\">Carolina Panthers<\/a>. He finished that game but was in a walking boot in the locker room afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert started the next week at the <a class=\"ath_autolink\" data-id=\"55\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/nfl\/team\/steelers\/\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>, but he was knocked out of the game in the third quarter after taking a hit. Heinicke replaced him. Herbert started the next week at the Chiefs, but he was far from 100 percent. Offensive coordinator Greg Roman said last week that Herbert \u201ccould barely move\u201d in that game.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert said this ankle injury is \u201cprobably not as severe\u201d as the sprain earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely painful enough to be able to miss a practice,\u201d Herbert said. \u201cBut I felt like I\u2019ve been able to move around a little bit better this week than I did after Carolina where I was put into a boot and had difficulty walking. But I think we\u2019re farther along this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few weeks, Herbert has been wearing a sleeve on his left leg. He said Wednesday that he has been dealing with swelling in his left knee. He called the knee swelling a \u201cseparate injury\u201d from the ankle sprain and the thigh contusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re just doing everything you can to compress it, keep it warm,\u201d Herbert said.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert has dealt with significant injuries in his football career. He broke his femur in high school. He battled through fractured rib cartilage for nearly the entire 2022 season, an injury he also suffered at Arrowhead Stadium. Herbert also tore his left labrum late in that season, which required surgery in the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt could always be the ribs. It could always be a femur,\u201d Herbert said, while knocking on the wooden lectern in the news conference room. \u201cThis is nothing compared to that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The hallway outside the visiting locker room at Arrowhead is rather narrow. After suffering the fractured rib cartilage in 2022, Herbert got imaging taken in the X-ray room. When he emerged, he walked gingerly down that hallway to the bus. It was a similar scene Sunday night, with two injuries to his left leg. Herbert walked down that hallway with a noticeable limp.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of limping in Kansas City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a long walk, too,\u201d Herbert joked.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert brought some levity several times in his Wednesday news conference. When he was asked to confirm that this ankle injury is on a different leg than the early-season high ankle sprain, Herbert said, \u201cYup, got both of them covered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smiling through some pain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo fight through this, it\u2019s part of the game,\u201d Herbert said. \u201cI think that\u2019s one of the things that has made this locker room so special, is all those guys are so tough.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Required reading<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>(Photo: Cooper Neill \/ Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/5988045\/2024\/12\/11\/justin-herbert-chargers-ankle-leg-contusion\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EL SEGUNDO, Calif. \u2014 Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert missed Wednesday\u2019s practice with thigh and ankle injuries. 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