Quentin Johnston

Palmer tied with Ladd McConkey and Quentin Johnston with those six targets, but he and Justin Herbert just missed on a few plays down the field. They didn't miss on a two-point conversion where Palmer batted the ball to himself with one hand before getting both toes down for a spectacular conversion. Palmer will be a desperation play in the Chargers' offense for the remainder of the year, with his next chance for success coming in Week 17 against the Patriots.

Johnston did tie for the team lead with six targets, but he wasn't able to do much with them while seeing his touchdown streak end at two. He also had a heinous drop near the end of the game, because of course he did. There's no denying Johnston's talent nor that he's shown vast improvement over his rookie season, but this is still much more of a long-term play than one you can trust going forward as more than a WR4. He'll look to bounce back against the Patriots in Week 17.

The Chargers' injury report on Monday initially read that Johnston was a non-participant in practice. However, Chargers staff corrected the initial report and said it was actually OL Zion Johnson who was DNP with an ankle issue. Johnson suffered the injury during Week 15 and was also listed as DNP on Tuesday. Johnston is on track to play Thursday against the Broncos while Johnson is tracking to be out Week 16.

Johnston suffered an ankle injury in Sunday's loss to the Buccaneers but did manage to play out the remainder of the game. Monday's DNP designation could simply be a matter of rest as the Chargers look to get him ready to play on a short week on Thursday night. We'll see if things look any different on Tuesday or Wednesday's injury report's before allowing ourselves to get too concerned about Johnston's Week 16 availability against the Broncos.

Johnston (ankle) was listed as a non-participant on Monday's estimated practice report.