ESPN Fantasy Projection: Taylor is expected to get first crack at replacing Philip Rivers in Los Angeles. The 30-year-old dual-threat quarterback has attempted only 91 passes over the past two. Dec 02, 2020 Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports that Taylor has declined to file a grievance against the Chargers and the team doctor who injected him with a painkiller for a rib injury before the Chargers’ Week Two game. That injection went wrong and punctured Taylor’s lung, forcing him to miss multiple games. Chargers quarterback Tyrod Taylor has decided not to file a grievance over the mishap with a team doctor that ended up costing him his starting job. Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reports that Taylor.

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If you thought that Week 2 of the 2020 NFL season was already a brutal time for injuries (and it certainly was)… well, we’ve got another one for you. And this is not at all good.

Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Los Angeles Chargers’ team doctor was trying to administer a pain-killing shot to quarterback Tyrod Taylor before the team’s game against the Chiefs… and accidentally punctured one of Taylor’s lungs. Taylor was trying to play despite cracked ribs, but that’s why the Chargers had to put rookie Justin Herbert out there against the defending Super Bowl champs with no notice whatsoever.

Taylor suffered the injury in the Chargers’ Week 1 win over the Bengals, but per Schefter, he didn’t have an MRI until later in the week. Instead of playing through the injury, Taylor had to be hospitalized for some obvious breathing issues.

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Doctors have now told Taylor that he will be out “indefinitely,” which means you won’t likely see him against the Panthers this Sunday.

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This also explains why Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn was so adamant about the fact that Taylor was still his starting quarterback, despite the fact that Herbert held up pretty well against the Chiefs — were Taylor to lose his starting role due to his own team’s medical malfeasance, that could be an actionable event.

Per Bleacher Report’s Kalyn Kahler:

“Don’t get me wrong, I thought what Justin did, I thought he came in and gave us a chance to win. But there is a lot you don’t know and there is a lot we didn’t get done with Justin on the field yesterday. He is a backup for a reason. He is a rookie and there is a lot he needs to learn about this game. Tyrod is a veteran guy, I have had him before. I know what to expect from him and what he is going to get done. If Tyrod can’t go and we have to go with Justin, I am perfectly content with that. I know we can win with either quarterback, but the veteran quarterback right now gives us the best chance to win. And it’s not like we won the damn game yesterday. We lost, last time I checked.”

Lynn is a standup guy, and what else is he going to say back before this story came out?

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Also this, from NFLPA Assistant Executive Director of External Affairs George Atallah: