"It appears the Chargers will continue to trudge through the heart of their schedule short-handed.

With the undefeated Green Bay Packers coming to town Sunday and a game against the always-bruising Oakland Raiders four days after that, the already-staggered Chargers were without nine players at practice Wednesday.

"When you play on Monday and come back and practice on Wednesday, that's part of it," head coach Norv Turner said. "But it is an unusual number."

A number of those players are considered in danger of being significantly limited or sidelined altogether against the Packers."