{"id":878968,"date":"2026-10-11T21:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T21:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/878968\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T21:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T21:36:10","slug":"los-angeles-chargers-denver-broncos-inactives-week-5-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/878968\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Chargers Denver Broncos Inactives Week 5 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chargers have announced their inactive players for Week 5 against the Broncos.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/news\/ladd-mcconkey-captain-depth-chart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ladd McConkey<\/a> (foot) will play after being listed as questionable.<\/p>\n<p>Branson Taylor (shoulder), Scott Matlock (foot) and <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/news\/charlie-kolar-david-njoku-injured-reserve-fantasy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Kolar<\/a> (forearm) are active after each being listed as questionable.<\/p>\n<p>Rodney Shelley (hamstring) is inactive after being listed as questionable.<\/p>\n<p>The Bolts had six players who were ruled out Friday, a group that includes Joe Alt (neck), Derwin James (hamstring) and Donte Jackson (hamstring).<\/p>\n<p>Quentin Johnston (chest),\u00a0<a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/news\/brenen-thompson-nfl-draft-2026-wide-receiver-5-things\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brenen Thompson<\/a> (quad) and\u00a0<a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/news\/kayode-awosika-starting-left-guard-depth-chart\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kayode Awosika<\/a> (fibula) also won&#8217;t play.<\/p>\n<p>Trevor Penning (concussion) was also ruled out but was placed on Injured Reserve on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/news\/rashawn-slater-injury-update\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rashawn Slater<\/a> (ankle) was also put on Injured Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Trey Lance (groin), who was doubtful to play, was also put on Injured Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/news\/2026-week-5-broncos-where-to-watch-listen-livestream\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chargers and Broncos<\/a> play Sunday at SoFi Stadium. Kickoff is at 1:05 p.m. (PT).<\/p>\n<p>The <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/news\/nfl-betting-odds-broncos-game-picks-week-5-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chargers-Broncos betting line<\/a> shows the Bolts are slight Week 5 underdogs.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Chargers inactives:<\/p>\n<p>WR Quentin Johnston<br \/>S Derwin James<br \/>CB Rodney Shelley<br \/>CB Donte Jackson<br \/>G Kayode Awosika<br \/>OT Joe Alt<br \/>WR Brenen Thompson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chargers have announced their inactive players for Week 5 against the Broncos. Ladd McConkey (foot) will play&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":878969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[369564,11978,127383,369565,11977,11979,349,99],"class_list":["post-878968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-2026-reg-5-editorial","tag-app-homepage","tag-articles-injury-report","tag-denver-broncos-at-los-angeles-chargers-2026-reg-5","tag-homepage-cp","tag-homepage-headlines","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878968","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=878968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}