Just as the Chargers are making a serious push to do something no non-Chargers team has done since the AFL-NFL merger — make the playoffs after starting 0-4 — their first-round pick has encountered familiar trouble.
Mike Williams left Thursday’s game with a knee injury, and while this is a different malady than the back ailment that shelved the talented pass-catcher for much of the offseason and into the early portion of his rookie slate, Ian Rapoport of NFL.com reports (on Twitter) the team is concerned about Williams’ setback.
Williams will undergo an MRI on Friday, per Rapoport, who adds the Chargers are worried he will miss game time. That said, the team believes as of now Williams did not damage his ACL during the Bolts’ Thanksgiving Day win over the Cowboys.
The Clemson product who missed most of the 2015 season with a neck injury has been eased into his run with the Chargers. He’s played in six games and has only been targeted 15 times, catching nine passes for 84 yards. The Bolts are deep at wide receiver, though, with Tyrell Williams and Travis Benjamin also supplementing Keenan Allen.
Kevin White 2.0?
Sad to see all these receivers struggling to stay healthy. Not sure if Corey Davis has been staying healthy but Ross definitely has not.
Go ahead and shut him down until he’s healthy. Even with the trade of Inman, the Chargers have 3 top WR in Allen, Williams, and Benjamin, and it wouldn’t hurt to put Hunter Henry in the slot some more. Let’s not risk his long term health for the minor impact he’s had thus far