During his media availability on Tuesday, Chargers head coach Anthony Lynn had some interesting words to say about the running backs regarding their roles and how they might be used Sunday. First, he spoke about Melvin Gordon and his status against the Bengals

Anthony Lynn on Melvin Gordon's status: "His chances are better this week than they were last week. … I don't want to put him out there too soon because we have a lot of football left." — Dave Richard (@daverichard) December 4, 2018

Don’t do it, Lynn. There is not one reason for Gordon to play against the Bengals. If the Chargers can beat a fully healthy Steelers team – which beat a healthy Cincinnati team on the road pretty easily – they can beat a wounded Bengals team. That same banged-up Bengals squad made Denver look like world-beaters.

Lynn also spoke about Austin Ekeler, and the other two running backs:

More Lynn, on Ekeler: "He's wearing down a little bit. He's a core special teams guy for us and he's played a lot of running back for us. So he's a little tired. You might see Justin (Jackson) play a little bit more, you might see (Detrez) Newsome play some this week." — Dave Richard (@daverichard) December 4, 2018

That’s interesting. He has a point that Ekeler is a big part of the special teams unit. I read that more as Justin Jackson showing some things and that the Chargers would like to see more of him. Jackson was great, so I can see how the team would come to that conclusion.