Tavon Austin has been sidelined for most of the offseason after undergoing wrist surgery, then suffering a hamstring injury early in camp. As a result, he’s missed valuable time to get on the same page with second-year quarterback Jared Goff.

Despite being out for the past few weeks, Austin is expected to be ready for Week 1, according to coach Sean McVay.

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“He’s made huge progress with [head trainer] Reggie [Scott] over the last week where he’s running, reaching some higher speeds on the treadmill and stuff where it’s 100 percent of his weight that he’s supporting,” McVay said on Sunday. “So those have been some good things. And we’re going to have to start brainstorming some ways of how we’re going to utilize Tavon in that game — which will be fun.”

McVay is in his first year as the team’s head coach, so he doesn’t have any experience with Austin. This is notable because he’s not a traditional No. 1 receiver that you just line up outside and let him go to work.

He’s a player that you have to devise a game plan for because of his unique skill set. That’s difficult for a coach to do when the receiver isn’t on the field practicing or playing, which is why McVay is now tasked with coming up with a way to use him.

“The anticipation is he’s going to be a part of that game plan,” McVay said. “How exactly we utilize him are fun things for us to be able to figure out. But he’s going to be a part of that for sure.”

Austin played 15 games last season, catching a career-high 58 passes for 509 yards and three touchdowns. He also added 159 yards on the ground, which was just eight yards shy of a career low.