Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert suffered a fracture in his left, non-throwing hand throughout the 31-14 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders, and the group introduced Monday that he underwent profitable surgical procedure to stabilize the fracture. Herbert is taken into account day-to-day, and his standing for the Week 14 matchup in opposition to the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night time is to be decided.
Herbert injured his hand on the Chargers’ opening drive, which was capped by a 10-yard Quentin Johnston landing. The star signal-caller damage his hand after taking a giant hit from Raiders security Jeremy Chinn, however he gave the impression to be OK.
Following the opening scoring drive, Herbert exited the sideline and jogged to the locker room. Trey Lance took over at quarterback on L.A.’s subsequent drive. When Herbert returned to the sport that exact same drive, he sported a big protecting glove.
Herbert accomplished 15 of 20 passes for 151 yards, two touchdowns and one interception vs. the Raiders, and handed Dan Marino for the third-most passing yards (23,935) in a quarterback’s first six seasons in NFL historical past. Los Angeles relied on its speeding assault Sunday, as Kimani Vidal and Jaret Patterson mixed for 180 yards and two touchdowns on the bottom.
Herbert instructed reporters he is treating this week as if he is enjoying, per ESPN. He will certainly be pushing to play, and might want to put on a protecting machine on that injured hand, but it surely’s doable Lance may make his first begin for L.A. in Week 14.
The previous No. 3 general decide of the San Francisco 49ers made one begin for the Dallas Cowboys final yr, a 23-19 loss to the Washington Commanders through which he accomplished 20 of 34 passes for 244 yards. Lance is 2-3 in his profession as a starter.
