Source: Chargers' Harris (Achilles) out for year

LOS ANGELES -- Coach Jim Harbaugh said Monday that Los Angeles Chargers moving backmost Najee Harris has a season-ending Achilles tear.

Harris collapsed connected a play-action play successful the 2nd 4th of the Chargers' 23-20 triumph implicit the Denver Broncos.

"It's unfortunate ... helium was truly playing good," Harbaugh said. "... Najee volition beryllium back. I person nary uncertainty astir it."

Harris, who signed arsenic a escaped cause with the Chargers successful March, landed connected the non-football injury/illness database up of grooming campy aft a July 4 fireworks mishap that damaged his eye.

He missed each the Chargers' grooming campy practices but was acceptable for the opening of the season. The Chargers had been expanding Harris' workload each week, and Sunday, helium appeared connected way for his astir carries and astir productive crippled this season. He exited the crippled with a team-leading six carries foe 28 rushing yards.

Harris had ne'er missed a crippled successful his NFL career, and his durability is 1 crushed helium was charismatic to the Chargers.

Harris rushed for 1,000 yards successful each of his archetypal 4 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. His carnal benignant of moving is 1 that Harbaugh covets and having him to commencement the play was important for this team's ceiling successful 2025.

"It's ever excessively pugnacious to suffer a member similar that," backmost Justin Herbert said aft the Broncos game. "And I deliberation you ne'er privation to spot that from immoderate of your ain players oregon an opponent, and we're wishing for the best."

The Chargers play the New York Giants successful Week 4.