EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers\u2019 wide receiver Ladd McConkey revealed Tuesday that he strained his left hamstring in Phase 2 of the Chargers offseason program but expects to be ready for training camp in July.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s no reason to rush it and really push it and then have another setback and then you bleed into training camp,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
McConkey said the injury has forced him to learn offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel\u2019s offense from the classroom.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve kind of had to switch my mindset,\u201d he said. \u201cI can\u2019t be out there getting the physical reps, but like what can I do mentally to make up that gap.\u201d<\/p>\n
As he\u2019s watched his teammates participate in McDaniel\u2019s installs this offseason, McConkey has gotten excited by the creative designs and how he will look in this system.<\/p>\n
\u201cMy gosh, I can\u2019t wait to get out there, hit some of those motions, some of those shifts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Even while sidelined, McConkey said McDaniel has already changed the way he thinks about playing receiver. McConkey said McDaniel put together a cut-up of receiver releases from across the NFL and walked him through how defensive backs use leverage at the line of scrimmage.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s really look at it through a defensive perspective,\u201d McConkey said. \u201cWhat\u2019s the DB trying to do here? What\u2019s his leverage? What\u2019s he trying to take away? … Let\u2019s really understand what they\u2019re trying to do and take advantage of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
After what was perhaps the best rookie wide receiving season in team history where he finished with 82 receptions, 1,149 yards and seven touchdowns, McConkey took a step back in year two with lesser totals in almost every major category. He ended the 2025 season with 66 catches, 789 yards and six touchdowns.<\/p>\n
Going into year three, he\u2019s planning for a bounce back season individually and for the team as a whole.<\/p>\n
\u201cI mean, I don\u2019t know if it was additionally motivated. I feel like I try to attack every off season like I\u2019m trying to go be the best receiver in the league,\u201d McConkey said of last year.<\/p>\n
\u201c… But I mean, there definitely is something in the back of your mind that tells you like, all right, that\u2019s not happening again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — Los Angeles Chargers\u2019 wide receiver Ladd McConkey revealed Tuesday that he strained his left…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":920840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[241,7,122967,1014,262,92645,2444,2443,6],"class_list":["post-920839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-chargers","tag-chargers","tag-football","tag-ladd-mcconkey-sports-football-player-player-statscom-1218643","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-los-angeles-chargers-sports-football-team-team-statscom-357","tag-losangeles","tag-losangeleschargers","tag-nfl"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116762357510085120","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920839","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=920839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/920839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/920840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=920839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=920839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=920839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}