Justin Herbert

[ladypanther]

This article makes me a little sick that we missed out on him.  But giving Rhule that kind of player?  Might have just prolonged Rhule's awful NFL career and in the long run been bad for this team. He would have won just enough to hang around. We need to find a very good HC who can find and develop this kind of talent.  Hopefully we suffered through the miserable Rhule error to end up with something good.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/01/13/justin-herbert-playoffs-chargers/

We got a special one in him,” linebacker Drue Tranquill said. “It’s the toughness factor — the ability to take hits, the ability to stand under pressure and come through in the clutch — on top of all the physical tools.[ he is 6'6"] If you don’t have that guy at quarterback, you really don’t have a chance to see everything you can do. But we know we have that guy in Justin.”

 

“You see him do stuff every day at practice that, like, there’s no one else in the world — just a handful of guys, maybe — that can do what he does as far as moving the pocket, throwing it back across the field, making throws without his feet and being accurate all the time,” Stick said. “But probably the area he’s grown the most is understanding and really becoming the leader of this locker room and understanding how to connect with everybody. When you’re the quarterback, it’s tricky. I’ve always looked at it as you’ve got to be one of the guys without actually being one of the guys.

“He’s just been himself, and I think that’s why everyone appreciates him so much. He’s a humble, humble guy that genuinely loves playing football, loves his teammates and doesn’t want to do anything else.”

He’s just there, always, excellent and reliable. Since taking the reins, Herbert has made 49 consecutive starts. When he suffered the rib injury in Week 2 against Kansas City, Herbert sat out one play, returned and soon threw a 35-yard dime to Carter. The Chargers lost the game, but Herbert’s tenacity during that agonizing final quarter still resonates with his teammates.

“That’s the kind of stuff he does,” Carter said. “That’s the type of leader he is. You see his heart and his commitment to us. He leads by example, and we follow.”

But the Chargers already have the most important asset: a player with impeccable talent and unassailable football character. A quarterback to lift the franchise. 

[KatsAzz]

Here's hoping that Pnathers new HC Reich can help point them in the right direction as they seek the most important asset: a player with impeccable talent and unassailable football character. A quarterback to lift the franchise.