Kris Rhim
LOS ANGELES — Coach Jim Harbaugh mentioned Monday that Los Angeles Chargers working again Najee Harris has a season-ending Achilles tear.
Harris collapsed on a play-action play within the second quarter of the Chargers' 23-20 win Sunday over the Denver Broncos.
“It is unlucky … he was actually enjoying good,” Harbaugh mentioned. “… Najee will likely be again, I've little doubt about it.”
Harris, who signed as a free agent with the Chargers in March, landed on the non-football harm/sickness checklist forward of coaching camp after a July 4 fireworks mishap that broken an eye fixed.
He missed all of the Chargers' coaching camp practices however was prepared for the start of the season. The Chargers had been growing Harris' workload every week, and on Sunday he appeared on observe for his most carries and most efficient sport this season. He exited the sport with a team-leading six carries for 28 dashing yards.
Harris had by no means missed a sport in his NFL profession, and his sturdiness is one purpose he was engaging to the Chargers.
He rushed for 1,000 yards in every of his first 4 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. His bodily model of working is one Harbaugh covets, and having Harris to start out the season was seen as essential for this staff's ceiling in 2025.
“It is all the time too powerful to lose a brother like that,” quarterback Justin Herbert mentioned after the Broncos sport. “And I believe you by no means need to see that from any of your individual gamers or an opponent, and we're wishing for the most effective.”
The Chargers will play the New York Giants in Week 4.
