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Details are murky on the specific nature of Bosa’s injury, but Popper said the star pass rusher left the field with trainers after going down. Bosa totaled 6.5 sacks for the Chargers over nine games last season and has appeared in just 14 games over the last two years. We’ll likely know more on the severity of Bosa’s injury in the coming days. Hopefully this isn’t anything that would sideline Bosa for an extended length of time.

The team announced in a statement that the injury is to Herbert’s right foot and is just the second lower-body injury of his career. He will protect the injury with a boot for the next two weeks before initiating a gradual return-to-play ramp-up period. Herbert has been going later than usual in fantasy drafts under a Jim Harbaugh/Greg Roman regime that’s expected to take a more run-centric approach this season. It’s possible his ADP will drop even more in the coming weeks with this injury, creating a nice buying scenario for fantasy managers. Despite the injury, the team is hopeful that Herbert will return in time for Week 1’s matchup against the Raiders.

It was Edwards’ first training camp action after undergoing an undisclosed offseason surgery and missing summer practices. Both Edwards and Dobbins saw five snaps with the Chargers’ first-team offense on Tuesday, while Kimani Vidal and the other backs worked with the second and third-team offenses. Though Dobbins has emerged as a potential lead back option in Greg Roman’s offense, Chargers general manager Joe Hortiz described Edwards — who, like Dobbins, played for Roman in Baltimore — as a “bell cow” and a “finisher.” This is trending toward a split backfield between the former Ravens, with Vidal a question to make the final roster.

Muse was drafted by the Raiders in the third-round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He never took a snap for the team after missing his rookie season with a foot injury. He resurfaced with the Seahawks in his second season and carved out a consistent role on special teams over the next two years. Muse appeared in 10 games for the Chargers last year and logged 198 special teams snaps. He tallied two tackles, both of which came on special teams. Muse will play a similar role for the Jags.

Popper made it a point to say that these reps can provide us with “some insight into the rotations.” Former first-round pick Quentin Johnston worked with the second-team offense during this portion of practice. Johnston imploded as a rookie and amassed just 431 yards on 38 grabs. Chark hasn’t done much lately either, but has plenty of NFL experience and can fill the vacant X receiver role in LA. Johnston’s role is alarmingly shaky heading into his second season. Chark, on the other hand, is a viable final pick in deep drafts.

With Gus Edwards (undisclosed) sidelined, Patterson has been receiving first-team reps as the No. 2 behind J.K. Dobbins. It’s two practices, of course, but a needed reminder to pump the brakes on the Vidal hype (if you can call it that). Patterson pre-dates Jim Harbaugh in L.A., spending most of last season on the Chargers’ practice squad. Much like Vidal, Patterson offers something of a change-of-pace skill-set behind the Chargers’ more power-oriented top runners.

It’s two drills through two days of practice, but it is telling nonetheless. The most obvious missing name there is Quentin Johnston. McConkey/Palmer/Chark is whom The Athletic’s Daniel Popper predicted for 11 personnel sets last week. We are in the early days of training camp, but you would rather be in the initial top three than outside.

Not only that, Dobbins claims the game has slowed down for him following his ACL and Achilles injuries. “I feel like I’m in college out there right now,” Dobbins said. “And I do think that the storm is over. Now I’m on a new journey, a healthy journey this year. You guys will see — it’ll be special.” With Gus Edwards recovering from an undisclosed operation, Dobbins has been the No. 1 back in the early days of Bolts camp. It’s hard to buy in on a back coming back from arguably the two most serious injuries a runner could suffer, but Dobbins does have relative youth (25) and a lack of NFL workload on his side. The Chargers’ backfield figures to be a long and winding summer road, but Dobbins has serious value potential at his RB5 ADP.

Harbaugh didn’t offer any specifics on the surgery. Edwards was dealing with an undisclosed issue earlier in the offseason but Harbaugh was confident and correct when he said Edwards would be ready for training camp. Per ESPN’s Kris Rhim, Edwards sat out of team drills today but was active in individual drills. Harbaugh told reporters that they are giving him a “longer runway” to be a full participant in training camp. For now, fantasy managers can pencil him in as the Chargers’ top back with J.K. Dobbins and rookie Kimani Vidal both vying for the RB2 role.

This isn’t great for Quentin Johnston, who is hoping to put a disappointing rookie campaign behind him this season. The former No. 21 overall pick out of TCU totaled 38 receptions for 431 yards and two touchdowns in 17 games last season, which included 10 starts. Despite the ample play time, Johnston was repeatedly passed by in the target pecking order. Johnston eclipsed 50 receiving yards in just three games last season and was targeted on just 13.3 percent of his routes — a dreadfully low mark. Popper reports McConkey has played primarily in the slot this spring, with Chark fitting in as “a true X.” We have a long way to go until the start of the season, but it sounds like Johnston will be battling out of the gate to earn significant reps.