COSTA MESA, Calif. -- How do you replace Derwin James, one of the NFL's best safeties?
Short answer: You don't. So the Los Angeles Chargers will have to utilize more than one player to fill the void left by James, who will miss three to four months after having surgery to fix a stress fracture in his right foot.
"It's tough every time a guy goes down," Chargers defensive end Joey Bosa said. "Just how [DE] Isaac [Rochell] stepped up and filled [my] spot last year, we'll have another guy step up.