{"id":234872,"date":"2025-10-18T21:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T21:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/234872\/"},"modified":"2025-10-18T21:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T21:55:07","slug":"chargers-activate-lbs-mack-perryman-ahead-of-colts-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/234872\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers activate LBs Mack, Perryman ahead of Colts matchup"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kris RhimOct 18, 2025, 04:48 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

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Chargers<\/a> activated linebackers Khalil Mack<\/a> and Denzel Perryman<\/a> off of injured reserve, the team announced Saturday. The move clears the way for both to return to the field against the Indianapolis Colts<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Mack injured his elbow in the Chargers’ Week 2 win over the Raiders. He attempted a tackle in the first quarter, but his left hand got caught between Chargers linebacker Troy Dye<\/a> and Raiders wide receiver Tre Tucker<\/a>, turning his elbow to an awkward position.<\/p>\n

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Perryman suffered an ankle injury in the Chargers’ Week 1 win over the Kansas City Chiefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With Perryman and Mack sidelined, the Chargers struggled defensively, particularly against the run, where both players thrive.<\/p>\n

Since Week 3, the Chargers’ first game without Perryman and Mack, they have allowed 579 yards rushing, the sixth-most in the NFL. Before Mack went on IR after Week 2, they allowed the ninth-fewest rushing yards in the NFL.<\/p>\n

The Colts boast the league’s leading rusher in running back Jonathan Taylor<\/a>, who has 603 rushing yards and seven rushing touchdowns this season. He is the only running back averaging over 100 yards per game on the ground (100.5).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kris RhimOct 18, 2025, 04:48 PM ET CloseKris Rhim is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Kris…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-234872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}