<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/chargers-news-justin-herbert-removed-week-6-injury-report');   ga('set', 'title', 'Chargers’ Justin Herbert removed from Week 6 injury report');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Chargers-news-Justin-Herbert-removed-from-Week-6-injury-report.jpg"></figure><h1>Chargers’ Justin Herbert removed from Week 6 injury report</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-11T15:44:52-07:00">October 11th, 3:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-11T16:30:20-07:00">October 11th, 4:30pm</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor and Washington Wizards/Mystics reporter for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The bye week came at the perfect <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-la-huge-austin-ekeler-derwin-james-injury-updates-bye-week">time for the Los Angeles Chargers</a>. Although they’re coming off of a 17-10 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, quarterback <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-justin-herbert-injury-update-week-6">Justin Herbert is now off the injury report</a>.</p><p>The time off helped Herbert’s<a href="https://x.com/JFowlerESPN/status/1844857411770954086" rel="noopener"> right ankle heal</a> after hobbling him for weeks, via ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.</p><p>Herbert <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/justin-herbert-remains-limited-with-ankle-injury" rel="noopener">confirmed that he’s feeling better</a> since injuring it in Week 2 against the Panthers, but will still wear a brace, via NBC Sports’ Charean Williams.</p><p>Herbert aggravated the ailment in the third quarter of Week 3’s game against the Pittsburgh Steelers and did not return. However, the Oregon alum played the entirety of the Chiefs game.</p><p>Herbert’s been effective for the 2-2 Chargers, completing 64.8% of his passes for 578 yards with five touchdowns and one interception. Will the 26-year-old lead Los Angeles to victory on Sunday?</p><h2><b>Justin Herbert continues to be reliable for Chargers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Justin-Herbert_20b1a8.jpg"><figcaption>Barry Reeger-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Herbert has been one of Los Angeles’ only constants recently. The team has been through both coaching and personnel changes, with Jim Harbaugh replacing Brandon Staley and J.K. Dobbins and Ladd McConkey replacing Austin Ekeler and Keenan Allen. However, Herbert’s remained an effective game manager this year as the offense figures itself out.</p><p>The Broncos matchup won’t be easy, though, as they’re tied for second-best in the league with 14.6 points allowed per game. Coincidentally, Los Angeles tops the list with 12.5 points allowed.</p><p>Denver cornerback Patrick Surtain II continues to blanket receivers on the outside, and team’s 19 sacks are third-best in the NFL. Herbert must not only take care of the call, but make a few game-changing plays in order to beat such an elite unit.</p><p>The 6-foot-6, 236-pounder will also need to spread the ball around to avoid Surtain, with Quentin Johnston and Will Dissly being possible targets to prioritize in case McConkey gets shadowed. A victory would be crucial for the Chargers’ playoff chances as it tries to stay afloat in a tight AFC race.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Chargers’ Justin Herbert removed from Week 6 injury report

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/chargers-news-justin-herbert-injury-update-week-6');   ga('set', 'title', 'Chargers QB Justin Herbert gives important injury update ahead of Week 6');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Justin-Herbert-gives-important-injury-update-ahead-of-Week-6.jpg"></figure><h1>Chargers QB Justin Herbert gives important injury update ahead of Week 6</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-09T16:20:17-07:00">October 9th, 4:20pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-09T16:20:17-07:00">October 9th, 4:20pm</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Chargers quarterback <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-justin-herbert-gets-optimistic-injury-update-from-jim-harbaugh">Justin Herbert has been battling a high ankle sprain</a> since getting rolled up in the pocket in Week 2, but the star signal caller is on the mend. Despite re-injuring it in Week 3 against the Steelers, Herbert made it through the Week 4 loss to the Chiefs without any setbacks and now has had two weeks to rest and recover through the bye week.</p><p>Herbert’s ankle is still bothering him a little bit, but <a href="https://x.com/RyanDePaul/status/1844131351232131141" rel="noopener">he’s improving quickly</a> as the Chargers get ready for another divisional test against the Broncos.</p><p>“We’re getting better, and as long as we’re doing that we’re in the right position,” Herbert said. “It has felt better. Made it through the game, and having that bye week off has definitely helped continue to get that inflammation down.”</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-must-protect-justin-herbert-becoming-andrew-luck">Herbert has played through plenty of injuries</a> in the past, so managing them on the field has become second nature to him. For this ankle sprain, he has been wearing a brace to prevent injuring the ankle further during practice and games.</p><p>“I wore that all week, felt comfortable, liked it. So I wore that in the game,” Herbert said. “I thought it worked out pretty well… I think it’s one of those things that you’re gonna wear it until you don’t need it anymore, and I don’t envision that being this week.”</p><p>Herbert’s numbers have been down this season as the Chargers try to establish a more physical, run-game oriented identity under Jim Harbaugh, but he’s still been playing good football with five touchdown passes and just one interception.</p><p>Harbaugh and company will need their star quarterback out there and playing at his best on Sunday against a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/broncos-news-patrick-surtain-hilarious-riley-moss-image-big-game-raiders">Broncos defense that has been one of the league’s best</a> through five weeks. Vance Joseph will likely be sending his usual array of blitzes at the Chargers in order to test Herbert’s mobility as well as the Chargers’ banged up offensive line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Chargers QB Justin Herbert gives important injury update ahead of Week 6

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/chargers-must-protect-justin-herbert-becoming-andrew-luck');   ga('set', 'title', 'What Chargers must do to protect Justin Herbert from becoming next Andrew Luck');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/What-Chargers-must-do-to-protect-Justin-Herbert-from-becoming-next-Andrew-Luck.jpg"></figure><h1>What Chargers must do to protect Justin Herbert from becoming next Andrew Luck</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-08T05:25:49-07:00">October 8th, 5:25am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-08T10:53:47-07:00">October 8th, 10:53am</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is an Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Los Angeles Chargers quarterback <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl-news-peyton-manning-record-straight-top-5-nfl-qbs">Justin Herbert has clearly established himself</a> as one of the top-shelf QBs in the NFL early in his career. As a rookie, he set the NFL record for passing touchdowns and completions by a first-year quarterback at the time, and he has since been the constant driving force for a Chargers offense that hasn’t always given him the best chances to succeed.</p><p>Despite all of his talent and individual success, Herbert’s career has been <a href="https://boltbeat.com/posts/justin-herbert-injury-history-missed-games-chargers" rel="noopener">marred by constant injuries</a> and games where he is hit hard over and over again. His career is beginning to show some similarities to that of Andrew Luck, who retired early at the age of 29 years old due to injuries. Fans are worried that if the Chargers can’t protect Herbert the same way that the Colts failed to protect Luck, the former Oregon star may be headed for a similar fate.</p><p>The injuries have been piling up for Herbert over the past few years. In 2022, he fractured his rib cartilage during a Thursday night game in Kansas City. He played through the injury for the rest of the season, but clearly wasn’t right after that.</p><p>During the 2023 season, Herbert fractured fingers on both of his hands during the course of the season. In Week 4, his hand got stuck in a defender’s helmet during an interception return, breaking his middle finger on his left hand. However, he didn’t miss any time, and instead wore a bulky splint to keep the finger protected. Later that season, he broke his index finger on a big hit against the Broncos, which kept him out for the final four games of the season with the Chargers out of playoff contention.</p><p>This year hasn’t been any better in that regard. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-justin-herbert-returns-practice-after-injury-layoff">Herbert dealt with a plantar fascia injury</a> in his right foot during training camp, but was able to recover in time to be back for Week 1. However, in the Chargers’ Week 2 win against the Carolina Panthers, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-gets-crucial-justin-herbert-update-after-injury-scare">Herbert suffered a high ankle sprain</a> after being rolled up on in the pocket.</p><p>Despite the injury clearly hampering Herbert’s ability to slither and slide around in the pocket — taking away one of his most valuable and rare skills — and eliminating the QB run game from the Chargers’ offense, he continued to play. He left Los Angeles’ Week 3 loss to the Steelers after re-injuring his ankle, leading many to believe that he would miss the Week 4 matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs before a bye week.</p><p>That inclination got even stronger after it became apparent that both of the Chargers’ starting tackles, Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt, were going to miss the game against a Chiefs team that loves to get after the quarterback. However, Herbert still gutted it out, and while he didn’t seem to re-aggravate his injury, he was pressured 15 times and hit on nine occasions.</p><p>As far as building around Herbert to protect him, the Jim Harbaugh regime seems like it is much more capable of doing that than the Brandon Staley/Tom Telesco group was. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-jim-harbaugh-justin-herbert-plea-after-loss-chiefs">Harbaugh is well aware that protecting his franchise quarterback</a> is the No. 1 priority. The decision to draft Alt at No. 5 overall last spring instead of a wide receiver like Malik Nabers or Rome Odunze sent a clear message that Harbaugh wanted to build this team through the trenches.</p><p>The scheme that the Chargers are now running also relies less on Herbert to stand in the pocket and take hits in the straight drop back game. Harbaugh and Greg Roman have established the running game as central to the Chargers’ identity, which takes some of the burden off of Herbert’s shoulders.</p><p>The next step to protecting Herbert is getting him some more receiving talent. While the Alt pick looks like a great one — the former Notre Dame standout looks like one of the elite tackles in football already — the departures of Keenan Allen and Mike Williams have left Los Angeles without any receiving talent. Herbert’s only two targets to eclipse 100 receiving yards through four games are rookie Ladd McConkey and 2023 first-round pick Quentin Johnston. If the Chargers can add some better talent on the outside, Herbert wouldn’t have to hold onto the ball so long and would have a go-to target. That could help keep the star quarterback upright long-term.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

What Chargers must do to protect Justin Herbert from becoming next Andrew Luck

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/chargers-news-jim-harbaugh-justin-herbert-plea-after-loss-chiefs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jim Harbaugh’s Justin Herbert plea after Chargers loss to Chiefs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Chargers-news-Jim-Harbaughs-Justin-Herbert-plea-after-loss-to-Chiefs.jpg"></figure><h1>Jim Harbaugh’s Justin Herbert plea after Chargers loss to Chiefs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-30T07:33:21-07:00">September 30th, 7:33am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-30T07:33:21-07:00">September 30th, 7:33am</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/bingeable">Sonny Giuliano</a>Sonny Giuliano is an experienced sports writer for ClutchPoints who has been covering the NFL, NCAA Football, NBA, and NCAA Basketball for well over a decade. Originally from the small town of Elba, New York, Sonny received his degree from Florida Gulf Coast University and currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the Los Angeles Chargers head into their Week 5 bye week, it’s reasonable to believe that this break in action is coming at the absolute perfect time. After two straight wins that started both the season and the Jim Harbaugh era off on the right foot, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-joe-alt-added-to-las-laundry-list-of-injuries">the Chargers have since been bit up by the injury bug</a> and lost a pair of games to the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs.</p><p>Sunday’s loss to the back-to-back Super Bowl champs, which was as hard-fought as you’d expect it to be from a Jim Harbaugh coached team, highlighted the biggest problem that the Chargers face as they enter their bye week: <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-justin-herbert-expected-play-vs-chiefs-amid-ankle-sprain">Justin Herbert, who has been dealing with a right ankle sprain</a>, was battered once again, this week playing behind an offensive line that was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-justin-herbert-likely-without-key-protector-week-4-chiefs-latest-move">missing both of their starting tackles</a>, Rashawn Slater and Joe Alt.</p><p>After the game, Jim Harbaugh <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41521296/chargers-jim-harbaugh-emphasizes-better-ol-protection-justin-herbert-loss-chiefs" rel="noopener">spoke at length</a> about the problems that the Chargers offensive line is having while also praising Justin Herbert for his “warrior-like” ability to take a beating and continue making otherworldly throws.</p><p>“We’ve got to get Justin another half-second, second, we really do,” Harbaugh said, according to Kris Rhim of ESPN.com. “I mean, he’s trying to get the ball out as fast as he possibly can, and he is. And like I said, some of those throws that he made, I mean I don’t have the adjective for it. It’s warrior-like; it’s everything within his human power, and then some, is the way I look at it. It’s incredible what he can do. We do need to get him more [time], just another second.”</p><p>Justin Herbert was sacked twice and pressured on 12 of his 27 dropbacks, but the problems with the Chargers offensive line don’t end with allowing the Chiefs to turn Herbert into a piñata. The Bolts offensive line also committed four false start penalties, unacceptable in just about any situation, but particularly egregious when playing at home.</p><h2><b>Justin Herbert preaching patience amidst Chargers struggles </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Justin-Herbert-gets-sacked-against-the-Chiefs.jpg?w=1024"><figcaption>© Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-justin-herbert-sideline-outburst-after-chiefs-caught-camera">Justin Herbert has every right to be frustrated</a> with how the last two weeks have played out, and on Sunday afternoon, he was caught on camera expressing his frustration on the Chargers sideline. However, when it came time to talk to the media after the game, Herbert said all of the right things.</p><p>“We’ve got to stay patient. We’ve got to hold our water and understand that the cadence, we have to use that as a weapon,” Herbert said. “This front seven that we were going against, we felt like it was important to be able to hold them off, whether it’s switching up the cadence, different cadences, and unfortunately we had too many penalties.”</p><p>Although Herbert has been sacked just six times this season, his sack percentage (6.19%) is higher than it has been at any point in his career. Then there’s the issue of how drastic of a stylistic change Herbert has had to make from the first four seasons of his career to this season.</p><p>During his first four NFL seasons, Herbert threw for 277 yards on just over 39 pass attempts per game. This season, he’s down to 144 yards per game on just 22.8 attempts, which is a product of an offensive line that is in flux, a philosophical overhaul under Jim Harbaugh, and a league that suddenly isn’t passing the ball with the proficiency it once did. Consider that this season, only four quarterbacks are throwing for over 250 yards per game. Just five years ago, that number was up to 16.</p><p>Thus far, Justin Herbert has been a good soldier and continues to stand in the line of fire even as his offensive line has been decimated. But make no mistake, Herbert will surely be pleased to have a week away from this battle.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jim Harbaugh’s Justin Herbert plea after Chargers loss to Chiefs

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He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NFL</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers built a 10-point lead in the first quarter against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. But that double-digit advantage was simply not enough to hold off the two-time defending Super Bowl champions, as Patrick Mahomes and company came away with a come-from-behind 17-10 win at SoFi Stadium.</p><p>It was the second loss in a row for the Chargers, a disappointing turn of events for the team that won both of its first two assignments of the 2024 NFL regular season.</p><p>And in a rare show of explosive emotion, Herbert slammed his helmet into the bench out of frustration during the contest.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Wow, Justin Herbert is pissed off as the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chargers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chargers</a> lose to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Chiefs</a>.<br> <a href="https://t.co/atDx9MXBzs">pic.twitter.com/atDx9MXBzs</a></p><p>— JPAFootball (@jasrifootball) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasrifootball/status/1840532226787725473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 29, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-justin-herbert-expected-play-vs-chiefs-amid-ankle-sprain">Justin Herbert, who braved through</a> a hurting ankle, passed for 179 yards while completing 16-of-27 throws. He did not get intercepted but took two sacks for a loss of 10 yards. It started out so well for the Chargers versus Kansas City, with Justin Herbert making all of his four passes in the opening drive which was punctuated by a seven-yard touchdown reception by rookie Ladd McConkey.</p><p>But with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/chargers-news-justin-herbert-likely-without-key-protector-week-4-chiefs-latest-move">Chargers operating with a banged-up offensive line</a> and with Herbert still dealing with a sprained ankle, the quarterback got repeatedly touched in the pocket. Both the sacks he took were from Chiefs star Chris Jones while he also got hit 10 times out of the 31 dropbacks he had versus the Chiefs.</p><h2><b>Justin Herbert, Chargers have stumbled after a hot start</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Los-Angeles-Chargers-quarterback-Justin-Herbert-10-throws-the-ball-.jpg"><figcaption>Kirby Lee-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>With a 2-2 record, the Chargers continue to look for a way back to the NFL win column. They took advantage of the lowly Las Vegas Raiders and the Carolina Panthers in the first two weeks of the season but floundered in Week 3 against the Pittsburgh Panthers before falling prey to the Chiefs at home. One thing about Los Angeles is that its ground attack has trended down of late. The Chargers had <a href="https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/sdg/2024/gamelog/" rel="noopener">395 rushing yards in the first two weeks</a> but only mustered 116 yards on the ground in the Bolts’ last two outings.</p><p>For what it’s worth, Herbert and the Chargers have a seemingly timely bye in Week 5, as they look to regroup and come out stronger in Week 6 against Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos on the road.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
986.6	14.6	2.9	25

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
986.6	14.6	2.9	25

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