SAN DIEGO -- San Diego Chargers running back Ryan Mathews has a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee and will be out for an undetermined amount of time. Mathews was taken off the field on a cart Sunday after hurting his knee trying to recover his own fumble in the fourth quarter of a 30-21 victory against the Seattle Seahawks. The Chargers didnt say to what degree the ligament was injured, which would help narrow down how long Mathews is expected to be out. "In all fairness to him and the training staff, everyone recovers differently," coach Mike McCoy said Monday. "Im not a doctor by any means so I cant look at an X-ray or a picture and say, Oh its going to be this long. Weve had players who were supposed to be done for the season and the next thing you know they come out there Monday or Wednesday and theyre practicing with something torn or something broken or this or that. I dont want to put a timetable on anything. Its unfortunate but its part of the game." Mathews, who is in the fifth and final year of his contract, was injury-prone in his first three seasons. Last year was the first time he played all 16 regular-season games, rushing for a career-high 1,255 yards. He did sprain an ankle late in the season but played through it until finally being forced to the sideline during the Chargers divisional-round playoff loss at Denver. Mathews also has had trouble holding onto the ball during his pro career. The Chargers (1-1) have Danny Woodhead, Donald Brown and rookie Branden Oliver at running back. This was the kind of situation the Chargers envisioned when they signed Brown in the off-season as an unrestricted free agent from the Colts, who drafted him in the first round in 2009. McCoy said he expects Brown to step in just as Rich Ohrnberger stepped in at centre after Nick Hardwick was lost for the season following the opener due to a recurring neck stinger. "Donalds played a ton of football," McCoy said. 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Free agent starters Ervin Santana or Ubaldo Jimenez are still on the open market, but Anthopoulos said theres a chance that the rotation could be filled out from within. "We have a lot of candidates and a lot of options. Someone like Brandon Morrow coming back (from injury) is a huge boost for us, some of our young kids that are coming back are certainly going help," he said. "We still have dialogue and try to upgrade but we do have some upside to some of the guys that are coming back." Anthopoulos, who was in town for a luncheon with the single-A Vancouver Canadians, also touched on the New York Yankees signing of Japanese starter Masahiro Tanaka earlier this week. 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When free agents are signing for seven, eight years, then normally thats where we tap out," he said. "We definitely have the resources financially in terms of annual value and salaries and things like that. I think weve proven that with some of the players we have acquired. But just the length of term -- very rarely do those seven-, eight-year deals work out." Anthopoulos and manager John Gibbons will be feeling the heat if the Blue Jays stumble out of the gate as the they did in 2013. Fans flocked to Rogers Centre with dreams of a return to the teams glory years of the early 1990s that included two World Series titles, but were instead bitterly disappointed with the product on the field. With pitchers and catchers set to report for spring training on Feb. 17, a repeat in 2014 surely wont fly. "Youre always anxious to try to improve the club and to add to it, but you dont necessarily have to guard against it when you know theres a deal that just doesnt make any sense," said Anthopoulos. "We just dont want to force a deal and do it for the sake of doing it. "We want to make moves that we think are going to help the club. If we have to go more years and dollars than we believe in, people might get excited now but a few months into it we may be regretting that deal and be hamstrung with a contract that we dont want." ' ' '