Will Ladd McConkey, DJ Chark play today? Injury updates on Chargers WR

He Los Angeles Chargers We have two key members of Justin Herbert’s offense nursing injuries ahead of the team’s Week 8 game against the New Orleans Saints.

Ladd McConkey and DJ Chark were two of the seven skill position players around Herbert battling injuries in a short week following Monday night’s loss to the Arizona Cardinals.

Here’s the latest on the big names.

Ladd McConkey injury update

Update: McConkey is not among the team’s inactives on Sunday.

Dealing with a hip injury, McConkey was “questionable” on the final injury report.

A Saturday night report from ESPN Adam Schefter had this to say: “Chargers WR Ladd McConkey, listed as questionable for Sunday’s game due to a hip injury, is expected to play against the Saints, per source.”

DJ Chark Injury Update

The Chargers opened the 21-day window for Chark to return from IR before Week 7. Then seemed to be fighting a new injurydifferent from the one that led him to IR.

Chark was also “questionable” on the final injury report and Saturday squad movements seemed to suggest that it will not be activated for the second consecutive week.

Conclusion on injuries for the Chargers

The hope has to be that McConkey isn’t playing as obviously injured as he did last week when he struggled. The Chargers have already elevated two wide receivers from the practice squad for depth. Much of the work could again fall to tight end Will Dissly and a deep receiver like Simi Fehoko.

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