Good response, Tau.

First off, it kind of begs the question, did they elevate Sarell just to be inactive and reduce the number of other inactives from 7 to 6? It helps on that front, though I wouldn’t expect that to be their motivation. More likely, they didn’t know about Becton’s status and thought they might need to make him inactive, in which case they presumably would have started Salyer and wanted Sarell as an emergency backup… then they realized Becton could play and didn’t need Sarell.

Agree with this interpretation.

I assume they will elevate Lovato again.

I assume they will not feel the need to elevate Sarell again, which means they could elevate another player… but they don’t really need to do so.

I assume they once again make TE Gadsden, Edge Kennard, and CB Reed inactive. Assuming they don’t put Perryman on IR, he will be inactive. That’s 4.

As an aside, I think Gadsden is going to have a hard time finding the active gameday roster this season given the other pass catching talent on the roster and the normal active roster spot crunch. (Barring injuries ahead of him, of course.)

Also agree with all of this. I think Gadsden would add a large, field stretching/seam route presence none of the other TEs bring to the room. But it’s a question of priorities, and targets, and I think Fisk would come in before Gadsden does.

I could see the Chargers making Mickens active and Williamson inactive. Williamson didn’t really do much with his active status last week, and, frankly, I think Mickens is a better player. Either way, one of them will be inactive. That’s 5.

Eboigbe didn’t do much. With Jeanty on the docket, I could see Eboigbe inactive and Jones active. That’s 6.

I think Mickens should be activated because he’s a better option if something were to happen to Gilman/Molden in the game. There’s also no evidence that he can’t play Special Teams. I’m going to trust the staff to make the right decision here. Wiliiamson being active is unncessary.

I think Eboigbe largely played because he theoretically brought more agility and ability to contain Mahomes in the pocket. I would love Naquan to be activated (particularly given the Raiders struggles with pass protection last week). Do I predict it will happen? Leaning no, they give Eboigbe another week.

I don’t think the Chargers really need to have WR Harris active to play 5 snaps on offense and 5 on special teams, as he played last week.

Alternatively, they don’t need to have KLS active to play 14 snaps on offense and none on special teams… but I think KLS gives the deep speed element in a different way.

I could see Harris or KLS being the 7th inactive.

Alternatively, they could elevate another practice squad player besides Lovato and make that player inactive, enabling both Harris and KLS to be active.

Of these options, I think the last one is most likely.