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Brandon Staley: Quentin Johnston held out due to rib injury, not play

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LOS ANGELES -- A frustrated Brandon Staley on Monday pushed back when questioned about why Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Quentin Johnston did not return to Sunday's game despite being cleared to do so, insisting that the reason had nothing to do with the rookie first-round pick's play.

Johnston, who suffered a rib injury in the third quarter against the Baltimore Ravens, was cleared by trainers and told ESPN in the locker room afterward that he felt good to go back in. But Staley, discussing the situation postgame, said, "We didn't feel like -- through the flow of the game, with where he was -- that it was the right thing to go back into the game.