Source: Chargers to put Perryman (ankle) on IR

The Los Angeles Chargers are placing linebacker Denzel Perryman connected injured reserve with an ankle injury, a root confirmed to ESPN connected Monday.

Perryman volition miss astatine slightest the adjacent 4 games aft suffering the injury successful the Week 1 triumph against the Kansas City Chiefs. He missed each of the Chargers' practices starring up to the matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders connected Monday night.

NFL Network was archetypal to study the news.

Without Perryman, linebacker Troy Dye volition apt presume the starting role. In his sixth season, Dye has ne'er been a full-time starter but does person 13 vocation starts. He played 40 antiaircraft snaps successful the triumph implicit Kansas City, securing 4 tackles, and had 2 large hits connected backmost Patrick Mahomes.

Dye is consistently 1 of the Chargers' astir energetic players successful signifier and 1 of the team's hardest hitters.

Perryman is successful his 2nd stint with the Chargers aft rejoining the squad earlier the 2024 season. He started 11 games past season, missing clip with assorted injuries. His lack volition mean accrued accidental for Dye and different players down him successful a clogged wrong linebacker country that includes rookie Marlowe Wax and Del'Shawn Phillips.

Phillips is questionable for Monday's crippled with a toed injury.