Chargers’ Derwin James provides Thanksgiving meals to Santa Ana families

SANTA ANA — Chargers information Derwin James wanted to proceed Casey Hayward’s contented of serving Thanksgiving meals to low-income families successful Orange County due to the fact that helium remembers the joyous interactions helium had astatine the meal line.

James hosted his ain Thanksgiving lawsuit Tuesday astatine the Boys and Girls Club of Santa Ana and distributed much than 175 meals to families who are struggling this vacation play due to the fact that of precocious ostentation prices.

“Casey started it my rookie twelvemonth and that’s however I got progressive with it and I was a feline who ever believed successful Boys and Girls Club,” James said. “I attended a Boys and Girls Club. I wanted to link and assistance families arsenic overmuch arsenic I can.”

James said NFL players ne'er visited the Boys and Girls Club helium attended successful Florida, and helium noticed however impactful his beingness was to the families helium served during Hayward’s vacation events. Hayward joined the Las Vegas Raiders successful the offseason aft playing 5 seasons with the Chargers.

“These families, they’re going to retrieve this forever,” James said. “I consciousness similar taking 30 minutes oregon an hr retired of your time could alteration somebody’s life.

“Sometimes (NFL players) consciousness similar they’re excessively engaged to get retired connected our disconnected time oregon don’t person time. You’re ne'er excessively large oregon excessively busy. Get retired and assistance radical and amusement radical you truly care. That’s what I consciousness similar we request to bash arsenic athletes, particularly successful our position.”

James served turkey and maize astatine the nutrient enactment with his 5-month-old lad nearby. He besides took pictures with families and traded younker shot stories with them.

“I wasn’t ever connected the database to spell to Boys and Girls Club due to the fact that I didn’t privation to beryllium stuck determination each the time, but I ever went to the Boys and Girls Club aft schoolhouse due to the fact that each my friends were there,” James said. “It was a batch of amusive and I wanted to travel retired contiguous and amusement immoderate emotion and immoderate support.”

CONCERN FOR ASANTE

Chargers rookie cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. sustained his 2nd concussion successful 3 weeks during the 4th fourth of Sunday night’s triumph implicit the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Chargers borderline rusher Joey Bosa reached retired to Samuel aft helium sustained his archetypal concussion and planned to bash truthful again due to the fact that helium knows however scary the symptoms of the caput wounded tin be.

Bosa was unfastened with reporters past play connected what helium experienced aft 2 concussions. He’s besides been an advocator for intelligence wellness the past fewer seasons.

“After his archetypal one, I made definite to fto him cognize that it was a existent pugnacious clip for me,” Bosa said astir Samuel. “It’s important to speech to idiosyncratic if you’re feeling depressed oregon feeling down astir anything. … It’s decidedly serious. I hatred to spot that.

“There were a batch of nasty hits (Sunday) night. It makes maine cringe watching that stuff. I tin ticker immoderate injury, but a deed to the caput ever makes maine cringe. I’ll decidedly speech to him again due to the fact that having a mates adjacent unneurotic similar that is simply a scary thing. It tin decidedly impact your thought process, your temper and however you’re feeling.”

Samuel, the Chargers’ second-round draught prime this year, has had a standout rookie play arsenic their No. 2 extracurricular cornerback. His tenacity for sticking to bigger wide receivers and breaking up plays astatine Florida State has carried implicit to the NFL.

Many draught pundits and scouts had concerns astir Samuel’s 5-foot-10, 180-pound framework and that mightiness beryllium wherefore the Chargers were capable to snag him with the 47th wide pick.

The Chargers person raved astir Samuel’s toughness connected the field, but they won’t unreserved him backmost to the field. Samuel had ne'er suffered a concussion until helium got to the NFL.

“I’m acrophobic astir each of our guys, making definite that they’re harmless and sound,” Chargers manager Brandon Staley said. “That’s our biggest priority. As coaches, arsenic radical successful the diversion profession, erstwhile you play a sport, the wellness and wellness of your players is ever paramount successful each things. Asante has existent worldly and I cognize that. After the archetypal one, I talked to him astir the aforesaid thing. He hasn’t had a (concussion) history, truthful that makes you consciousness bully astir his wide wellness.

“One of his strengths is his toughness. I deliberation that we each cognize that erstwhile it deals with that subject, that patience is simply a virtue, making definite everybody’s harmless and sound. That’s the mode that we volition attack it.”

JOSEPH OUT SUNDAY

Staley said antiaircraft tackle Linval Joseph volition beryllium sidelined for Sunday’s roadworthy crippled against the Denver Broncos.

Joseph was placed connected the COVID-19 reserve database Monday aft investigating positive. He was ruled retired for past week’s triumph against the Steelers due to the fact that of a enarthrosis injury.