{"id":1003988,"date":"2026-09-18T08:42:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1003988\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T08:42:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T08:42:27","slug":"ladd-mcconkey-still-not-practicing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/1003988\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladd McConkey still not practicing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles Chargers WR Ladd McConkey (ribs) did practice Thursday, Sept. 17, but worked with trainers on the side.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:SOURCE: Myles Simmons - NBCSports.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;SOURCE: Myles Simmons - NBCSports.com&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/ladd-mcconkey-working-on-the-side-during-thursdays-practice\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">SOURCE: Myles Simmons &#8211; NBCSports.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Why it Matters: It is looking unlikely that McConkey will be ready for the Week 2 contest against the <a data-ylk=\"slk:Raiders;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Raiders&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/las-vegas-raiders\/341\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Raiders<\/a>, but he hasn&#8217;t officially been ruled out yet. He looked like the clear No. 1 option for Justin Herbert in the season opener, but if McConkey is sidelined, Quentin Johnston is probably the biggest beneficiary.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <a data-ylk=\"slk:Ladd McConkey still not practicing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ladd McConkey still not practicing&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/fantasy\/player-updates\/2026\/09\/17\/fantasy-chargers-wr-ladd-mcconkey-unable-to-practice-thursday\/91818647007\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ladd McConkey still not practicing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Chargers WR Ladd McConkey (ribs) did practice Thursday, Sept. 17, but worked with trainers on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1003989,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,7,1159,470,1014,262,2444,2443,6],"class_list":["post-1003988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-chargers","tag-chargers","tag-football","tag-justin-herbert","tag-ladd-mcconkey","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleschargers","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/117291158375605921","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003988\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1003989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}