Joe Alt Remains Questionable Post-Surgery on Right Ankle

Joe Alt, offensive tackle for the Los Angeles Chargers, is in a post-surgical recovery phase for a right ankle injury and is currently listed as Questionable for return. The surgical flag is significant — any confirmed procedure resets the biological clock from the surgery date, not the original injury date, and the recovery biology now governs the timeline, not the Questionable designation alone.

Grade is INFERRED from available reporting. Surgery is CONFIRMED per source. Without confirmed tissue type (ligament vs. bone vs. osteochondral), the agent is anchoring to the most common post-surgical ankle presentations at the OL position and applying the conservative surgical LIG floor. If specific surgical details are disclosed (e.g., syndesmotic fixation, peroneal tendon repair, osteochondral procedure), this classification and RTP estimate should be updated immediately.

OTM NOTE — OL Context: Alt is a starting offensive tackle — a position where LE structural integrity is load-critical. Unlike a skill position where explosive cutting is the demand, OL ankle stability is tested by repetitive power stance, lateral blocking angles, and sustained weight-bearing load. Post-surgical ankle recovery in an OL must clear functional benchmarks for drive-blocking and pass-set mechanics before return is clinically sound. A "Questionable" tag in this context is largely uninformative without knowing the surgical procedure and its date. The biology is the binding constraint here, not the designation.