Chargers search for ways to help Joey Bosa on the edge

COSTA MESA — Chargers borderline rusher Joey Bosa waited for the adjustments to travel portion New England Patriots close tackle Mike Onwenu and his other assistance double-teamed Bosa astatine the enactment of scrimmage.

Bosa had a pugnacious clip getting to Patriots rookie backmost Mac Jones passim the 27-24 nonaccomplishment past week due to the fact that New England chipped astatine him for the bulk of the crippled with moving backs and choky ends.

Bosa said helium and the coaching unit expected the double-teams and the backup program was for Bosa to determination to the interior of the antiaircraft enactment to look the Patriots’ guards.

But the adjustments ne'er arrived and Bosa failed to get to Jones with a quiescent stat enactment of 2 tackles and nary backmost hits. Bosa, however, did person an assistance connected Jerry Tillery’s sack by providing pouch unit connected Jones.

Chargers manager Brandon Staley said helium decided against moving Bosa due to the fact that the Patriots were seldom successful third-and-long situations and it made it much hard due to the fact that the people was adjacent for astir of the game.

“What you request to bash is get the discourtesy successful a disadvantaged position, successful presumption of the score,” Staley said astir moving borderline rushers inside. “That volition assistance multiply your chances of walk rush. When it’s an adjacent game, oregon you’re behind, it affects your quality to unreserved the passer astatine a precocious level. If you survey large walk rushers and wherever they’ve been, astir of the time, the high-volume guys person been a portion of teams that are ahead, that person double-digit leads – the assemblage is into it, it’s loud, you can’t hear.

“But if it’s a straight-up game, wherever it’s even-money oregon you’re behind, it’s conscionable going to beryllium hard to get each of those opportunities to genuinely get into bushed and interaction the crippled similar you privation to.”

Bosa wanted to spot snaps connected the inside, but helium said helium saw opportunities connected the borderline that could person led to interaction plays. Bosa is utilized to seeing a definite fig of double-teams connected a play basis, but it was a uncommon disconnected crippled for him against the Patriots.

“Overall, I deliberation that we rushed beauteous well, but we person to bash a amended occupation of getting disconnected of those chips and taking vantage of the fewer opportunities that we have,” Bosa said.

The Chargers volition apt request much accumulation from borderline rushers Kyler Fackrell, Uchenna Nwosu and rookie Chris Rumph II for Bosa to spot little chipping and double-teams this season.

For Bosa’s archetypal 5 seasons, helium had erstwhile Pro Bowl borderline rusher Melvin Ingram helping connected the antiaircraft line. Ingram joined the Pittsburgh Steelers successful the offseason earlier being traded to the Kansas City Chiefs this week.

But Bosa and Staley said they’re pleased with the accumulation from the different borderline rushers this season.

“I consciousness assured that we person the guys to triumph their one-on-ones if I’m getting double-teamed,” Bosa said. “They were max protecting a clump yesterday, truthful it was tough.”

Staley added: “There were plentifulness of chances that (Bosa) had yesterday. We’re going to proceed to bash a bully occupation of scheming, which I felt similar we person each play long. Those unreserved opportunities volition travel the amended that we play arsenic a team.”

Bosa, who has 3½ sacks and 8 backmost hits this season, volition look the Philadelphia Eagles and mobile backmost Jalen Hurts connected the roadworthy Sunday.

HERBERT LIMITED; INJURY UPDATES

Chargers backmost Justin Herbert was a constricted subordinate astatine Wednesday’s signifier due to the fact that of a close manus injury.

Herbert deed his throwing manus connected a Patriot player’s helmet during the last thrust past weekend.

Cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. missed signifier due to the fact that he’s successful the concussion protocol, according to Staley. Samuel sustained a concussion against the Patriots.

Cornerback Michael Davis (hamstring), moving backmost Justin Jackson (quadriceps) and information Alohi Gilman (ankle) besides didn’t enactment successful practice.

Linebacker Kenneth Murray participated successful his archetypal signifier since injuring his ankle past month. The Chargers person 21 days to determine whether to spot Murray connected the progressive roster oregon permission him connected injured reserve.

“K9 (Murray) is going to enactment backmost into practice,” Staley said. “His presumption for the crippled (against the Eagles) is inactive day-to-day, up successful the air. He’s going to enactment backmost into signifier this week successful individuals. I’m excited to spot him retired determination today.”