{"id":333,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/333","headline":"Chargers place Slater on IR after ankle surgery","dek":"The Pro Bowl tackle had a tight-rope procedure to speed recovery from the high-ankle sprain he suffered in Week 4 against the Seahawks.","body":"Rashawn Slater underwent successful surgery on his right ankle, and the Chargers placed their Pro Bowl tackle on injured reserve Friday. The procedure, a tight-rope fix, is meant to accelerate his return from the high-ankle sprain he picked up in Week 4 against the Seahawks.\n\nSlater now begins the rehab process while Los Angeles figures out its line without him heading into a matchup with the Broncos. No timetable for his return was given, just the surgery news and the IR move.\n\nFor a Chargers offense that relies on protecting its quarterback, losing a starting tackle of Slater's caliber is the kind of thing that reshapes weekly plans rather than season outlooks. The team will lean on its depth up front while he recovers.","published_at":"2026-10-10T16:20:28.847621+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Chargers provide Rashawn Slater major injury update ahead of Broncos clash","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/09/sports/chargers-rashawn-slater-injury-update-broncos/"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"Chargers Lose Rashawn Slater To IR After Right Ankle Surgery","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/los-angeles-chargers-lose-rashawn-slater-to-injured-reserve-after-right-ankle-surgery"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Chargers placing Rashawn Slater on IR after ankle procedure","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/chargers-placing-rashawn-slater-on-ir-after-ankle-procedure"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Chargers placing Rashawn Slater on IR after ankle procedure","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/chargers-placing-rashawn-slater-ir-185922052.html"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Rashawn Slater’s Latest Injury Update Is Bad News for Chargers vs. Broncos","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/rashawn-slater-latest-injury-bad-221241845.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Chargers provide Rashawn Slater major injury update ahead of Broncos clash","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/chargers-rashawn-slater-major-injury-221149686.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nypost.com/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F10%2FGettyImages-2295511619.jpg?w%3D1024","credit":"New York Post","width":7600},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}