EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, who was in a strolling boot for 2 weeks of coaching camp with a plantar fascia harm to his proper foot, mentioned Wednesday that his foot is again to 100%.
Herbert mentioned he is not carrying any particular sort of cleat or sole to assist his foot and that there wasn’t a play or second that sparked the harm.
“It was simply a type of issues that I went in; it was getting a little bit sore, and I talked to [the training staff] about it,” Herbert mentioned. “I believe over the previous couple weeks of being out, I did my finest to select up as a lot as I may in conferences, be on the market in walk-throughs and do the whole lot I may to not miss a rep. It is undoubtedly powerful.”
Herbert mentioned managing the harm all through the season is “not likely on my thoughts proper now.” As an alternative, he’s hopeful that the work he has carried out with the Chargers’ athletic trainers will make sure that the harm will not linger.
“So long as we’re out in entrance of it, I believe we’ll be all proper,” Herbert mentioned.
The Chargers have a vastly totally different offense from final season, with new starters at vast receiver, tight finish and operating again. The staff’s receiving corps, particularly, is essentially the most inexperienced of the staff, with only one participant who has 1,000 yards in a season — DJ Chark Jr. when he was with the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2019. Chark may miss Sunday’s season opener towards the visiting Las Vegas Raiders, as he hasn’t practiced but this week with a hip harm.
“That is sort of the powerful half about lacking that point is you are not getting these reps with these guys, they usually’re all new,” Herbert mentioned. “However while you miss that, you have to discover methods to — whether or not it is watching the movie and speaking with them or whether or not it is going out after observe and throwing a pair reps.”
The Chargers will depend on wideouts Joshua Palmer, Quentin Johnston and Ladd McConkey if Chark can’t go. When Herbert returned to observe, Johnston had one among his finest weeks of camp, catching a number of passes every day.
“He is a playmaker,” Herbert mentioned of Johnston. “He is a type of guys it’s important to discover methods to get him the ball, and while you do, particular issues occur. And so a big, massive a part of our offense is simply discover methods to get him the ball.”
