Chargers DE Joey Bosa Not “Anywhere Near Ready” To Return

Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that Chargers DE Joey Bosa is making progress from his mid-foot sprain, but is not “anywhere near ready to play right now.”

According to Schefter, the Chargers will end up waiting into November for Bosa to return, as his injury is considered an 8-to-12 week issue for most players.

Schefter says that while Bosa has shown some improvement, he still isn’t to the point where he’s ready to practice.

“He’s working his butt off,” a source tells Schefter. “He’s just not there yet.”

A few weeks ago, Bosa had the cast removed from his foot and is now in a protective boot. However, Bosa is still dealing with instability in the tendon of his bruised left foot.

Bosa is specifically dealing with a bruised bone in his left foot that was expected to keep him out of the lineup for the next few weeks, so this doesn’t come as a big surprise.

Bosa actually suffered a different foot injury back on Aug. 7, which forced him to miss the entire the preseason, but unfortunately sustained a different injury to the same foot a few weeks ago.

Bosa, 23, is a former first-round pick of the Chargers back in 2016. He’s currently in the third year of his four-year, $25.8 million contract and stands to make base salaries of $630,000 and $720,000 over the final two years of the agreement.

The Chargers have a fifth-year to pick up regarding Bosa next year.

In 2017, Bosa appeared in all 16 games for the Chargers and recorded 70 tackles, 12.5 sacks, four forced fumbles, a recovery and a pass defense.

We’ll have more regarding Bosa as the news is available.

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