Head Coach Brandon Staley
On QB Justin Herbert’s injury status:
“Justin has a fracture to his rib cartilage. It’s good news, better than having a fracture of your bone in the ribs, but the CT scan did confirm that. He’s day-to-day. I think that we’ll know a lot more about practice and stuff like that on Wednesday. Going to take the weekend, certainly, and the beginning of next week — Monday, Tuesday — to learn a lot more, but day-to-day.”
On the injury status of C Corey Linsley and T Trey Pipkins III:
“I have good news on Corey. He should be ready to practice at some point next week. He just had a knee, kind of near the quad part of the knee — the bottom of the quad where the knee meets. He had to have an injection to calm it down, but he should be able to practice at some point next week. Then, Trey Pipkins, it was not an ankle, it was more of a foot, like a lateral foot sprain. He is also day-to-day, but good news on him. It’s similar to [OLB] Joey Bosa’s deal last year, is what I’m told.”
On TE Gerald Everett’s ‘effort displayed’ on the interception returned for a touchdown:
“That was just a tough moment. That’s all it is. It’s just a tough moment. It’s one of those unlucky plays in a ball game. I think that we’ll learn a lot from it. In that sequence, we’re trying to push the pace, force them to communicate after a big player. We’re just trying to get down there and force that defense to respond after a big play. When the play doesn’t express itself right away, I think that we can learn from it on both sides. Just a tough one. Obviously, that turned the tide of the game. That was a big momentum swing, but we’ll learn a lot from it and we’ll move forward. I thought Gerald competed at a really high level last night. He gave us a real chance in the game and I’m really proud of how he is playing for us right now.”
On Everett’s assignment on the interception returned for a touchdown:
“Gerald has a route to the flat, and if he’s matched to the flat, which he was,…
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