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Originally Posted by SoCal Bong
When does the SD injury report come out? That's the one we should be interested in.
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Not an injury report but
http://www.signonsandiego.com/sports...n18rivers.html
Rivers' knee worse than cited; status unchanged
By Kevin Acee
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
11:34 a.m. January 18, 2008
Philip Rivers' knee injury is more severe than what has been described by the Chargers, as sources said today the quarterback has a partially torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee.
But that does not mean his prognosis for playing in Sunday's AFC Championship Game is any worse than when the team simply classified his injury as a sprained medial collateral ligament. Rivers is still expected to test the knee Sunday morning to determine whether he can play against the New England Patriots.
“It'll be day-to-day,” General Manager A.J. Smith said. “We're going down the same road as (Antonio) Gates.” Gates played last Sunday at Indianapolis after a pre-game workout to test his dislocated big toe.
Rivers was on the practice field this morning for the first time this week, wearing a brace on his right knee. There was no brace on his left knee, on which he has played the past 5½ games with a sprained MCL. During the portion of practice open to the media, he threw passes with the first team.
“It always falls on the player,” Smith said. “The doctors and medical people do so much. The coach and general manager are on the outside. The ultimate decisions is the player's – unless he physically can't go or it will do harm for your future.”
Smith, as he always does, declined to discuss the specific injury. But he said, “We would never jeopardize any player.”