Los Angeles Chargers star Khalil Mack won’t play on Sunday night against the Cincinnati Bengals after all. Mack, battling an injury that sufferd a setback last week, missed all of practice leading up to Week 11 and headlined the team’s list of inactives:

INGLEWOOD — Outside linebacker Khalil Mack was sidelined Sunday for the first time in his Chargers tenure, sitting out Sunday night’s game against the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium because of a nagging groin injury suffered in a victory two weeks ago against the Cleveland Browns.

The Chargers have decided that they can do without either of them against the Bengals in a key AFC matchup. There could be an uptick in targets for Will Dissly. As for the absence of Mack, look for Tuli Tuipolotu and Bud Dupree to pick up the slack for him on defense.

This week, he admitted he suffered a setback during that limited showing and was a DNP in practice all week.Here’s a look at a list of running updates before kickoff. Khalil Mack injury updateMack was questionable on the final injury report for Sunday.

The outside linebacker, who played just four snaps after being given the same designation with a groin injury last week, intends to play against the Bengals

While Mack and even Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh had attmepetd to downplay the injury before Week 10, it’s clear now that he went out and struggled with it. From the sounds of it, he could be risking similar aggravation after appearing on the injury report this week, too.

Linebacker Daiyan Henley, who leads the Los Angeles Chargers and ranks 14th in the NFL in tackles this season with 82, was among three starting linebackers on the team's injury report ahead of a Sunday Night Football matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals at SoFi Stadium.

But others prefer to add blue-chip prospects to the defense as key names like Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa continue to climb in age and are carryovers from the last regime. A new moc