Ryan Mathews Injury: Updates on Chargers RB's Head, Likely Return Date

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Ryan Mathews has suffered an injury in the late Sunday night game against the Oakland Raiders, and it doesn't look good for the San Diego Chargers' starting running back.

Michael Fabiano from NFL.com reported that the reason Mathews left the game is due to what appears to be a head injury.

Ryan Mathews is on the sidelines. Broadcast speculates it could be a head injury.
— Michael Fabiano (@Michael_Fabiano) October 7, 2013

Mathews will play vs. Indianapolis

UPDATE: Monday, Oct. 14

From Marty Caswell of The Mighty 1090:

Chargers inactives- Donald Butler, Jarrett Johnson, Chad Rinehart, Brandon Taylor, Mike Remmers & Lawrence Guy
— Marty Caswell (@MartyCaswell) October 14, 2013

UPDATE: Saturday, Oct. 12

From ESPN's Eric Williams:

Ryan Mathews (head), King Dunlap (head), Rich Ohrnberger (groin), Johnny Patrick (chest) and Shareece Wright (hamstring) are probable.
— Eric Williams (@eric_d_williams) October 12, 2013

UPDATE: Friday, Oct. 11

From U-T San Diego's Kevin Acee:

Ryan Mathews back at practice after day out (concussion). DJ Fluker (calf) also back, but limited.
— UTKevinAcee (@UTKevinAcee) October 11, 2013

UPDATE: Thursday, Oct. 10

From Michael Gehlken of U-T San Diego:

Ryan Mathews (concussion) has not been medically cleared. Exited Sunday's game vs. Raiders. Not practicing today.
— Michael Gehlken (@UTgehlken) October 10, 2013

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Michael Gehlken from the San Diego Union-Tribune provided us with some more details about Mathews on the sideline.

Ryan Mathews sitting on a cooler on sideline, helmet off. Doesn't look like someone about to re-enter this game anytime soon.
— Michael Gehlken (@UTgehlken) October 7, 2013

A few minutes later the NFL Around the League Twitter account added:

Ryan Mathews out for the rest of the game with a concussion.
— NFL: AroundTheLeague (@NFL_ATL) October 7, 2013

Entering this week, Mathews had ran for 226 yards and zero touchdowns on 64 carries, averaging just 3.5 yards per attempt.

After being the No. 12 overall selection in the 2010 NFL draft, Mathews has yet to live up to expectations in San Diego. He's ran for just 2,702 yards in his career, and injuries forced him to miss 10 games already over his career.

This isn't what the Chargers wanted to see on Sunday night. We will keep you updated with any additional information regarding the injury as it comes in.

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