Chargers LB Denzel Perryman spotted in walking boot after ankle injury vs. Chiefs

Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Denzel Perryman left his team’s win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 1 with an ankle injury. 

After the game, reporters and otherwise spotted Perryman in a walking boot. 

Since the Chargers played the Chiefs on Friday, injury updates for Perryman and any other issues facing Los Angeles won’t pop up until Jim Harbaugh vaguely mentions them on Monday, then again once injury reports go out mid-week. 

But the fact Perryman went from a “questionable” designation to simply “out,” then had a walking boot on in the aftermath, might not be a good sign. 

Chargers fans can hope the boot is more precautionary than anything, especially when making the long trip home from Brazil, of course. 

In the interim, if Perryman needs to miss time, the Chargers will lean on Troy Dye to soak up some traditional linebacker snaps, if not Marlowe Wax next to Daiyan Henley. Keep in mind the linebacker unit already lost Junior Colson for the year at final roster cuts, too.