Chargers' Allen frustrated by hamstring setback

COSTA MESA, Calif. -- Coming retired of a bye week, the Los Angeles Chargers hoped for continued betterment to their injury-plagued roster, but that does not look to beryllium the lawsuit for wide receiver Keenan Allen.

Allen expressed vexation Wednesday implicit yet different setback successful his betterment from a near hamstring injury, which puts into question his presumption up of a Week 9 matchup against the Atlanta Falcons.

After sitting retired 5 games pursuing the play opener, Allen returned to the lineup successful a Week 7 nonaccomplishment to the Seattle Seahawks. On a transportation count, helium played lone successful the archetypal fractional and caught 2 passes for 11 yards.

Allen said helium "felt great" successful the game, but clarified that helium was not 100 percent.

"Nothing happened successful the game," Allen said of the wounded erstwhile asked however helium suffered the setback. "Taking my clip with it and conscionable going done it however we planned it and conscionable done the bye week, benignant of deed it again.

"I don't deliberation it was a restrain oregon anything. It is conscionable immoderate much scar insubstantial that is trying to interruption disconnected and whenever it is acceptable to heal, conscionable got to fto it bash its ain thing."

Allen, 30, did not signifier Monday oregon Wednesday, saying helium felt lone decent and was surely "worse" than earlier the bye week.

If Allen is incapable to play against the Falcons, the Chargers volition beryllium without their apical 3 receivers. Mike Williams already has been ruled retired due to the fact that of a close precocious ankle sprain and manager Brandon Staley said wide receiver Joshua Palmer has cleared concussion protocol, but would not perpetrate to his instrumentality connected Sunday.

The Bolts besides person wide receivers DeAndre Carter, Michael Bandy and Jason Moore Jr. connected the roster.

Allen did not supply a timetable for his return, but said that helium did not privation to travel backmost until determination was implicit certainty successful his health.

"I decidedly don't privation to bash the halfway happening again," said Allen, who has caught six passes for 77 yards successful 2 games this season. "Just privation to travel backmost 100 percent and not disquieted astir it."

The Chargers are 4-3 and 1 crippled retired of archetypal spot successful the AFC West down the 5-2 Kansas City Chiefs.