With Los Angeles locked right into a wild-card spot, Trey Lance will begin at quarterback within the Chargers’ regular-season finale on the Denver Broncos and Justin Herbert won’t costume.
Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh introduced that call Monday, saying that DJ Uiagalelei will likely be elevated from the follow squad to function Lance’s backup.
“The blokes which have essentially the most bruises and wish essentially the most therapeutic, we’ll pull them again. Justin Herbert could be one,” Harbaugh mentioned. “We’ll see how the remainder of the week goes with who all they’re. They will be some conditions the place some starters are backups.”
The Broncos (13-3) clinched the AFC West this previous week, going two video games up on the Chargers (11-5) with one week to go. The Chargers fell to the Houston Texans 20-16 on Saturday.
Los Angeles can wind up because the fifth, sixth or seventh seed within the AFC in some mixture with the Buffalo Payments and both the Texans or Jacksonville Jaguars.
“Profitable and being wholesome, these are our two targets,” Harbaugh mentioned. “Guys that we expect, the medical doctors, trainers, myself, the group, which have essentially the most bruises and wish that point essentially the most, we have determined that is the course we’re going.”
Herbert has began all 16 video games for the Chargers to this point this season, together with after he suffered a fracture in his left (non-throwing) hand that required surgical procedure Dec. 1.
Herbert, 27, was named to his second Professional Bowl in his sixth NFL season. He finishes the common season with 3,727 passing yards, 26 touchdowns, 13 interceptions and a 66.4 completion share. He added a career-high 498 dashing yards and two scores on the bottom.
He additionally took extra sacks this 12 months (54) than in any earlier season within the league.
Lance, 25, has gotten into three video games in reduction of Herbert this 12 months and went 7 of 13 for 90 yards. The third general choose of the 2021 draft by San Francisco, his 49ers tenure was minimize quick after eight video games (2021-22) because of an ankle harm and the emergence of Brock Purdy at quarterback. He served as a reserve QB for the Dallas Cowboys in 2023-24.
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