Raiders’ Jerry Tillery Ejected for Late Hit out of Bounds on Chargers’ Justin Herbert

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The Las Vegas Raiders will be without defensive tackle Jerry Tillery for the remainder of Week 4.

Tom Pelissero of NFL Network noted that Tillery had been ejected after a late hit on Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert when the signal-caller was out of bounds.

Tillery, a former teammate of Herbert with the Chargers, delivered the hit as Herbert had eased up after touching the sideline. The defensive tackle did not let up, lowering his shoulder into Herbert’s shoulder and sending him airborne further out of bounds.

The Chargers sideline was quick to get on Tillery, surrounding him before a few Raider teammates were able to remove Tillery from the bench area.

The call on the field was a personal foul for unnecessary roughness, which resulted in a 15-yard penalty in addition to Tillery’s disqualification from the game.

Tillery spent the first three full seasons of his career with the Chargers and seven games in the 2022 season before being released midseason. He would quickly sign with the Raiders and finished the season with them. He was released by the Chargers due to what head coach Brandon Staley called “competing visions.”

This was the second game against his former team, but it obviously did not last too long given that the ejection occurred in the second quarter. He left the game with his Raiders trailing the Chargers 10-7.