Team news: Los Angeles Chargers

Chargers TE Virgil Green, who exited yesterday right after scoring a TD, is a candidate for injured reserve.

Virgil has a lateral ankle sprain. The injury looked bad, but fortunately X-Rays were negative. Green will miss several weeks according to Rapoport, but should return later this season.

The Chargers need Austin Ekeler back. He will inject some life into this running game. But based on Anthony Lynn’s comments this week, I would not expect Ekeler back until Week 10 at the absolute earliest.

Related players: Justin Jackson, Joshua Kelley

Chargers running backs Kelley, Jackson and Troymaine Pope finished with just 47 yards on 18 carries. That is a 2.61 yards-per-carry average, the story said. Jackson and Kelley have not got it done for the Chargers, nor for fantasy owners, but it looks like the Bolts have a few more weeks to deal without Ekeler in the picture.

Chargers RB Justin Jackson (knee) is expected to play Sunday against the Jaguars.

Jackson returned to practice in full on Friday, which was a good sign for his Sunday availability. The bye week certainly helped him recover a bit. It will be interesting to watch the backfield split between he and Joshua Kelley against Jacksonville. In our half PPR ranks, Jackson is No. 23 and Kelley is No. 26 for running backs.

Chargers WR Keenan Allen practiced in full Friday and will play Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars, according to Fernando Ramirez of Sports Illustrated.

Allen left their Week 5 game with what ended up being back spasms. The bye week and rest have helped make the star receiver available for Week 7. Fire him up as a WR1 against a poor Jacksonville defense.