After a fantastic start to the season with a win over the Kansas City Chiefs, the Los Angeles Chargers will meet another divisional foe in the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday Night.
Unfortunately, they will be without two of their key defensive contributors.
Starting linebacker Denzel Perryman and rotational safety Elijah Molden have both been listed as OUT. Perryman with an ankle, and Molden with a hamstring.
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Both LB Del’Shawn Phillips and CB Tarheeb Still were listed on the injury report as well, but Phillips is QUESTIONABLE, dealing with a toe, and Still was a full participant in practice on Saturday and is expected to be good to go.
LB Junior Colson was already put on the season-ending IR, so the Chargers are already a little thin at the linebacker position. With Perryman out, Troy Dye will likely get the start next to Daiyan Henley.
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Molden is not technically a starter at safety (Derwin James and Alohi Gilman), but he is very active as he played 59 total snaps, per PFF. Rookie RJ Mickens could get a good amount of snaps in Molden’s absence.
The Raiders just released their injury report, and star tight end Brock Browers is listed as questionable, but he is expected to play.
The Chargers will need all the help they can get on the backend and from the linebacker room to slow him down.