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Playoff-bound Chargers set for huge defensive boost with return of four-time Pro Bowler
The Los Angeles Chargers have performed a majority of this season with out presumably their finest defensive participant – they clinched a playoff spot final week
Feels like time to get a four-time Professional Bowler again.
Los Angeles Chargers defensive finish Joey Bosa reacts after sacking Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr through the first half of an NFL soccer recreation Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif.
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Joey Bosa has been activated from injured reserve and is anticipated to play for Los Angeles on Sunday of their Week 17 matchup in opposition to the L.A. Rams.
Bosa suffered a groin harm in Week 3 in opposition to the Jacksonville Jaguars and wanted surgical procedure to restore a muscle. He was designated to return from IR earlier this week.
The 27-year-old has made every of the final three Professional Bowls and gained the Defensive Rookie of the 12 months in 2016. He was the third general decide of that 12 months’s draft out of Ohio State. His youthful brother, Nick, was the second decide the next season.
Joey Bosa #97 of the Los Angeles Chargers seems up on the scoreboard in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs at GEHA Area at Arrowhead Stadium on September 15, 2022 in Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
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Bosa had 1.5 sacks within the Chargers’ Week 1 win over the Las Vegas Raiders – he has 59.5 in 82 profession video games, reaching double-digit sacks in 4 seasons.
NFL Community initially reported that Bosa’s harm would require a six-week restoration, however Bosa could have missed simply over three months.
Los Angeles Chargers defensive finish Joey Bosa (97) waits on the line with cornerback Michael Davis (43) and security Alohi Gilman (32) through the first half in opposition to the Las Vegas Raiders at SoFi Stadium.
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After their contest in opposition to the Rams, the Chargers will head to Denver to shut out their season in opposition to the Broncos. They’re at the moment the sixth seed within the AFC, which at this level would match them up with the Cincinnati Bengals.