Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Tyrod Taylor was a really late scratch on Sunday attributable to a chest damage he sustained simply previous to the sport that required a hospital go to. We didn’t know what the damage was or the way it occurred, however now we’re getting slightly readability on the state of affairs. And it’s not good.

In response to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, a Chargers workforce physician punctured Taylor’s lung whereas trying to manage an injection that may assist him deal with the ache of his cracked ribs in the course of the sport.

The Chargers’ workforce physician by accident punctured his personal quarterback Tyrod Taylor’s lung simply earlier than kickoff Sunday whereas attempting to manage a pain-killing injection to the quarterback’s cracked ribs, league and workforce sources instructed ESPN.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 23, 2020

Taylor cracked a number of ribs throughout Week 1 and was planning on carrying a flak jacket in the course of the sport for defense. As an alternative, he needed to go to the hospital to cope with his collapsed lung whereas Justin Herbert began in his place.

In response to Schefter, the NFLPA investigating this unbelievable medical misfortune however declined to remark.

Circumstances clarify Anthony Lynn’s protection of Taylor

Herbert had a scorching NFL debut, maintaining with the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs and their Tremendous Bowl MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes till the top, dropping 23-20. Herbert seemed seasoned and calm regardless of having simply minutes to arrange to start out, which spurred chatter about whether or not Herbert ought to be the starter going ahead.

Head coach Anthony Lynn put a cease to that rapidly. He strengthened in his postgame information convention on Sunday that Taylor was nonetheless the beginning quarterback, and would resume that position as quickly as he’s wholesome.

Taylor’s damage is so freak and so unreal (significantly, a workforce physician by accident collapsed his lung whereas attempting to inject him with a painkiller) that it could be tremendously unfair for him to lose his beginning job over it. Regardless of how good Herbert was, the one manner Taylor ought to lose his job as a starter is thru his precise play. Lynn appears to agree with this by means of his robust protection of Taylor.

Herbert is reportedly beginning Week three towards the Carolina Panthers. In response to Schefter, the Chargers needed Taylor to start out towards the Panthers, however workforce medical doctors have advisable that he not play “indefinitely.”

Tyrod Taylor did not begin in Week 2 attributable to a mishap with an injection administered by a workforce physician. (Picture by Bobby Ellis/Getty Pictures)

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