{"id":73800,"date":"2025-08-16T23:49:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T23:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73800\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T23:49:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T23:49:07","slug":"chargers-wr-quentin-johnston-carted-off-after-big-hit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/73800\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers WR Quentin Johnston carted off after big hit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kris RhimAug 16, 2025, 07:45 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Kris Rhim is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Kris covers the Los Angeles Chargers, including coach Jim Harbaugh’s franchise-altering first season (https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/41068072\/los-angeles-chargers-2024-preview-jim-harbaugh-culture). In Kris’ free time, he lives his NBA dreams at men’s leagues across Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

INGLEWOOD, Calif — Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>‘ wide receiver Quentin Johnston<\/a> exited the opening series of Saturday’s preseason game against the Los Angeles Rams<\/a> on a medical cart after taking a hit that left him motionless on the field for several minutes.<\/p>\n

Rams safety Tanner Ingle<\/a> hit Johnston while he was trying to secure a pass from quarterback Justin Herbert<\/a> and had his head turned in the opposite direction. It was a tense moment in SoFi Stadium as Johnston lay motionless on the ground for several minutes as trainers prepared a stretcher for him. Coach Jim Harbaugh and wide receivers coach Sanjay Lal also ran out to check in on Johnston.<\/p>\n

Johnston eventually sat up, but was frustrated, slamming his gloves on the ground before exiting on the cart.<\/p>\n

Harbaugh chose to play all starters for this preseason game except for safety Derwin James and outside linebacker Khalil Mack<\/a>. Johnston is expected to be the Chargers’ main deep ball threat this season; losing him for any significant time could elevate rookies Tre’ Harris and KeAndre Lambert Smith.<\/p>\n

Lambert-Smith also exited Saturday’s game with an injury.<\/p>\n

Johnston, the Chargers’ first-round pick in the 2023 NFL draft, finished with 55 catches, 711 yards, and led the team with receiving touchdowns last season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kris RhimAug 16, 2025, 07:45 PM ET CloseKris Rhim is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Kris…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-73800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}