.Kris Rhim, ESPNSep 28, 2024, 05:03 PM ETLOS ANGELES-- Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, who has actually been actually taking care of a higher right ankle strain and also is actually questionable for Sunday's game against the Kansas City Chiefs, is actually preparing to participate in, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.Herbert successfully finished the job full week with no obstacles and experiences better this weekend break than final, assisting his odds to play Sunday, sources said to ESPN's Jeremy Fowler.Herbert sprained his right ankle in the Chargers Week 2 win over the Carolina Panthers. Ahead of the team's Week 3 game against the Steelers, Herbert hobbled and overlooked two times of technique yet inevitably started against the Steelers. Nevertheless, Herbert worsened the sprain in the third one-fourth of that game as well as really did not finish.Herbert left behind Pittsburgh in a strolling shoes after the 20-10 reduction yet stated Wednesday that the stress had not prepare him back.Editor's Picks1 Related" I feel far better than I carried out final Wednesday," Herbert mentioned. "And so just as long as we keep continuing as well as our team always keep feeling better, our team are actually certainly not taking those misfortunes. I think our experts're transferring the ideal direction." Unlike the full week leading up to the video game versus the Steelers, Herbert exercised on a daily basis this week, the group detailing him as a minimal participant in the daily injury report.Herbert said he contended in 7-on-7 drills and also was performing every little thing he might to become out there.The Chargers have a Week 5 bye, and also the group possessed discussions regarding Herbert remaining recently to remainder and recover, but Herbert claimed Wednesday he "didn't think that's the way our experts're moving." Herbert will certainly enter into a less-than-ideal situation Sunday along with left handle Rashawn Slater (pectoral) out and straight deal with Joe Alt (MCL strain) doubtful. Alt have not exercised all week yet sweated off sideways along with a coach in the course of practice.Still, Herbert mentioned he trusts the team's data backups and also isn't involved concerning complicating the accident Sunday." I don't think stressing carries out a lot of. It doesn't assist excessive," he said. "Take it everyday to see just how it thinks, and if it is actually a concern, at that point it is actually certainly not safe to go out certainly there and certainly not clever to go play, however it has actually gotten better.".