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Chargers' Dexter McCluster broke arm while trying to find his phone

Chargers running back Dexter McCluster is out for the season after breaking his forearm, but the story behind it is crazy.

The news came out over the weekend, and initial reports said it happened while he was moving luggage. That seemed odd enough, and on Monday the injured running back explained the backstory further.

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“I was looking for my phone at the house, and my wife, she packed a bag. She came down from Tennessee. So when I moved (the suitcase), I yanked it, and I didn’t realize there was something in there," he said, via the San Diego Union-Tribune.