Joey Bosa and Justin Herbert highlight the Chargers Week 6 detailed injury report

The LA Chargers are back from their bye week, and with it the injury reports from daily practice. This is an idiot. There are 17 names listed different capacities in the teams' injury report from Wednesday.

Now some of the fear can be alleviated because not all names are related to injuries. Edge rusher Khalil Mack traditionally has Wednesdays off during rest periods, and that is the capacity in which he is listed. The (personal) absence of S Derwin James was also not due to injury

LB Nick Niemann (hamstring) is technically still on IR despite returning to practice last week. But today he trained at full capacity for the first time this season. Niemann seems to be well on the way to giving his Saisond debut against Denver on Sunday, which would be a particularly great victory for Ryan Ficken's special teams.

The Chargers have nine players registered with limited practice capacity. These include QB Justin Hebert (ankle), RT Joe Alt (Knie), LB Junior Colson (thigh), LB Daiyan Henley (shoulder), Te Hayden Hurst (Achilles), Edge Khalil Mack (Rest), LB Denzel Perryman (shoulder) . , CB Asante Samuel Jr. (shoulder) and LT Rashawn Slater (breast).

Most of these injuries in the limited performance category were already known and treated. The biggest positive move is the presence of Rashawn Slater at practice. It's his first officially logged practice since the chest strain against Pittsburgh.

There are a lot of legitimate questions about the Chargers' offense, but getting Alt, Slater and Herbert back together would certainly be a step in the right direction.

Seven players are listed as DNPs. The aforementioned James was absent for personal reasons. But on a base of the injury, the DNPS Edge Joey Bosa (hip), K Cameron Dicker (illness), RB Gus Edwards (ankle), CB Kristian Fulton (Knie), CB Ja'sir Taylor (Wadelbein) and CB Deane Leonard (Lähmen) .

Dicker's illness is a bit of a concern considering the Chargers don't have a kicker on the practice squad. If he misses Sunday's game, Los Angeles would have to sign someone before traveling to Denver. But it seems as if they still have faith in him that he can cope with the change that hasn't happened so far.

Bosa still hasn't practiced since his injury against Pittsburgh in the first quarter. It doesn't look like there's much tangential progress being made there, although he was seen moonlighting on Monday. However, Bosa was not seen at training on Wednesday.

A particularly big challenge right now is the Chargers' cornerback depth. All three of the Chargers' starting corners are listed on the injury report entering the week, along with Deane Leonard. A broken cornerback group would be a bit of a shame if you consider how well the secondary started the season.

We'll see what progress the Chargers make between now and Sunday. But it seems that La had not made quite as big recovery steps during the BYE week as some fans had hoped for the Denver game.