Chargers left tackle Rashawn Slater feeling ‘100 percent’

COSTA MESA, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers left sort out Rashawn Slater says he’s feeling “one hundred pc” after present process season-ending surgical procedure final season.

Slater earned Professional Bowl recognition as a rookie and was anticipated final season to provide an encore efficiency. Nevertheless, Slater exited a Week 3 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars after rupturing his left biceps tendon and subsequently was positioned on injured reserve for the rest of the yr.

“It is nice,” Slater stated about his harm on Wednesday after organized staff actions. “I might say it has been one hundred pc for some time now, so at this level it is simply – the extra reps I get the extra assured I will really feel.”

Slater was designated to return from injured reserve after the Chargers’ regular-season finale and coach Brandon Staley expressed optimism that he might seem within the lineup in the event that they have been in a position to make a playoff run.

Nevertheless, the Jaguars defeated the Chargers, 31-30, in a Wild Card playoff to eradicate them from the postseason

“It was very shut,” Slater stated when requested if he might have performed if the staff had superior. “That is form of what we have been going after. Now I get extra time.”

Slater missed 15 video games in complete, together with the playoff.

“I really feel like the most important factor I discovered from that was simply how simply this may be taken from you,” stated Slater, who turned 24 in March. “You solely get a lot time as it’s within the NFL… so actually really feel plenty of urgency to get to the place I wish to be.”

In Slater’s absence, rookie Jamaree Salyer — a sixth-round choose from Georgia — took over on the place. Salyer is predicted to keep up a beginning position this season at proper guard, the place Zion Johnson is predicted to maneuver to left guard. The Bolts additionally return veteran heart Corey Linsley and proper sort out Trey Pipkins, who re-signed on a three-year, $21.75 million deal over the offseason.