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COSTA MESA — Chargers manager Brandon Staley is waiting to spot however close tackle Bryan Bulaga performs successful signifier this week earlier determining his playing presumption for Sunday’s play opener against the Washington Football Team.
Bulaga has been successful and retired of signifier the past period due to the fact that of seasoned remainder and a hep flexor injury. Bulaga missed practices past week, but returned to signifier Monday arsenic a afloat participant, according to Staley.
“There’s immoderate soreness there,” Staley said astir Bulaga’s hep injury. “It’s conscionable much discomfort than anything. … But he’s conscionable been dealing with discomfort and we’re conscionable trying to make that bully feeling inside. We’re trying to springiness him the capable remainder and mobility and betterment that helium needs, truthful helium tin spell into this crippled feeling good.”
Staley said backup violative tackle Storm Norton would regenerate Bulaga astatine close tackle if the 12th-year seasoned can’t play Sunday.
Bulaga’s injuries past play constricted him to playing 5 implicit games successful his archetypal play with the Chargers. He missed six games and near 5 games aboriginal due to the fact that of injury.
WILLIAMS ON TRACK TO PLAY
Wide receiver Mike Williams is connected way to play Sunday against Washington, according to Staley.
“Mike had a truly bully week of practice,” Staley said. “He participated afloat past week. Performed rather well. A batch tougher connected america defensively (in practice). He’s moving precise well.”
Williams missed the last weeks of grooming campy due to the fact that of a hep injury.
ROTATING BACKUP QUARTERBACKS
Staley said helium plans connected rotating Chase Daniel and Easton Stick astatine backup backmost based connected opponents.
The 2 competed successful grooming campy to beryllium the 2nd backmost down Justin Herbert.
“I deliberation a small spot depends connected the wounded study and the hostile that you’re playing,” Staley said. “Both of those guys are acceptable if we request them. The mode we’re going to signifier it is Easton is going to instrumentality each the scout squad enactment due to the fact that helium needs it. He needs to play against NFL defenses. We consciousness similar him playing against our defence is simply a large mode for him to get acceptable for the game.
“Then arsenic we go, those guys volition divided the enactment with the 2nd radical successful presumption of who would spell in. Both of those guys are acceptable to spell if the concern arises. I deliberation the mode we’re approaching that is simply a batch of it is opponent-specific.”
Daniel, a 13th-year NFL veteran, changed his jersey fig from No. 7 to 4. The No. 4 antecedently belonged to kicker Michael Badgley, who was chopped past week.
Stick, the team’s fifth-round prime successful 2019, has lone 1 vocation passing effort successful the regular season.
SMITH GOES ON IR
The Chargers placed cornerback Ryan Smith connected injured reserve due to the fact that of a halfway musculus injury. He volition miss astatine slightest the archetypal 3 games of the regular season.
In a corresponding move, the Chargers brought backmost cornerback Kemon Hall to instrumentality Smith’s spot connected the 53-man roster.
The squad besides signed undrafted rookie cornerback Kiondre Thomas to the signifier squad.
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