Bolts From The Blue
The Chargers waited nearly a month to have left tackle Joe Alt back in the lineup. Behind him, the Bolts beat the Vikings in lopsided fashion in Week Eight. A week later, the team’s star blocker is now likely out for most of, if not the remainder of the year, following being rolled up on halfway through the second quarter against the Titans.
Per NFL insider Adam Schefter, Alt suffered another high ankle sprain on the same ankle he injured against the Giants in Week Four. However, he reports that Alt may require a surgical procedure this time to fix the issue. If that is the case, Alt will most certainly land on IR for an extended period of time.
The Chargers may also be without right tackle Bobby Hart for some time, as well, after he suffered both a groin and ankle injury against Tennessee. Hart had recently won the starting right tackle job over Trey Pipkins and had started there each of the past two weeks with Pipkins active.
After Alt was carted off, Jamaree Salyer was forced into the lineup on the blindside over Austin Deculus who started three games there during Alt’s first absence. As of now, it remains to be seen what the team’s starting line will be next Sunday, but chances are that it won’t look all that great barring a move before the trade deadline.
