 Ryan Mathews back practicing -- Thu Sep 13 5:53 pm --
Could return for Week 2 | The critical stage in Ryan Mathews' return to the field was first getting cleared for contact.
He may have reached it.
The Chargers running back practiced Thursday in a helmet and full pads, five weeks from the day he broke his clavicle in the preseason. The injury occurred Aug. 9 against the Packers on Mathews' first exhibition carry.
He was given a four-to-six week timetable to recover.
If, five weeks later, Mathews has indeed been cleared, he has Thursday and Friday's practice to get ready for the Chargers' home opener Sunday against the Titans.
(San Diego Union-Tribune)
FF Today's Take: This is great news for Ryan Mathews' owners, but he hasn't been given the green light just yet. San Diego hosts the Titans in one of the Sunday's late games. If he gets cleared to play, he will be a viable start in all formats. Otherwise, a committee of Ronnie Brown and Curtis Brinkley would handle the bulk of the rushing.
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