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Report: Chargers team doctor accidentally punctured Tyrod Taylor's lung on Sunday

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Tyrod Taylor was a very late scratch on Sunday due to a chest injury he sustained just prior to the game that required a hospital visit. We didn’t know what the injury was or how it happened, but now we’re getting a little clarity on the situation. And it’s not good.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, a Chargers team doctor punctured Taylor’s lung while attempting to administer an injection that would help him handle the pain of his cracked ribs during the game.

The Chargers’ team doctor accidentally punctured his own quarterback Tyrod Taylor’s lung just before kickoff Sunday while trying to administer a pain-killing injection to the quarterback’s cracked ribs, league and team sources told ESPN.