Gordon’s breakout season in jeopardy after hip injury
Melvin Gordon’s breakout second season might have come to a premature end after he was carted off the field in the first quarter of Sunday’s loss to Carolina.
The Chargers running back injured his left hip when he tried to recover a Phillip Rivers fumble, but Panthers linebacker Thomas Davis landed on Gordon — causing his leg to bend awkwardly.
Gordon entered the game fourth in the NFL with 992 yards rushing, a season after the 2015 first-round pick rushed for only 641 yards for the entire season.