"Tight end Antonio Gates didn't even test his ailing right foot before Sunday's game. He was sure after he couldn't practice Friday that he would sit Sunday.

"This week it didn't feel right," Gates said after not playing for the third time in the past five games but the first time in the past three. "I didn't feel I would be able to contribute."

Gates, still the Chargers' leading receiver, acknowledged again he is uncertain he will finish the season due to the painful plantar fascia tear in his right foot."