If I could choose a QB for now, and the next 5 yrs, Herbert would be about my 6th choice, maybe even 5th.
He seems to always play behind an OL that is usually mediocre at best, then gets banged up, and cannot block on the fast artificial turf they play on. So Herbert gets dinged more than most, and plays hurt sometimes.
His WRs seem to always get hurt, too.
AND, his coach is an idiot.
I do not understand why there are some "haters" re Herbert.
He seems to always play behind an OL that is usually mediocre at best, then gets banged up, and cannot block on the fast artificial turf they play on. So Herbert gets dinged more than most, and plays hurt sometimes.
His WRs seem to always get hurt, too.
AND, his coach is an idiot.
I do not understand why there are some "haters" re Herbert.
coaching sucks there. Could go on and on by this staff. Its like the team is waiting for something to go wrong. A spell of some kind
Chargers really have no homefield advantage either. Most of the time they have a disadvantage with the snap counts, with the crowd noise favoring the visitor.
What Herbert accomplished last year was pretty remarkable, down his top two WR’s, top TE and top RB for significant stretches, his OL, which was already average at best was banged up, his coach is an absolute moron and he had broken ribs. The Chargers would have spiraled out of control with most QB’s in the league under those circumstances.
Will he break into the elite, upper echelon of QB’s? I don’t know, he still makes a ton of mistakes, but the situation he’s been in can’t be overlooked. Unfortunately for him, they’ve mismanaged their roster, draft and free agency so poorly, things will probably get worse before they get better. As RE mentioned, they basically play seventeen road games a year as well. At least he’ll have a new HC next year, but I can’t see the rising candidates at the “top of the list” being in a hurry to take that job if they have other options available.
Will he break into the elite, upper echelon of QB’s? I don’t know, he still makes a ton of mistakes, but the situation he’s been in can’t be overlooked. Unfortunately for him, they’ve mismanaged their roster, draft and free agency so poorly, things will probably get worse before they get better. As RE mentioned, they basically play seventeen road games a year as well. At least he’ll have a new HC next year, but I can’t see the rising candidates at the “top of the list” being in a hurry to take that job if they have other options available.
It would be challenging to overcome some of his negative metrics. He’s second in bad throw percentage to only Bryce Young for QB’s who’ve started all/most of the season and in the top three in missed open receivers. For how off he’s been on such a high percentage of throws it’s nearly a statistical improbability that he doesn’t have way more INT’s. If he doesn’t improve in that area his INTs should skyrocket down the stretch.
