Harbaugh started gushing about his QB from the moment he took the Chargers job. Five games in, what's the state of relations between Harbaugh and Herbert?
After the national anthem ended, Harbaugh pounded Herbert's shoulder pads with his palms. Herbert, unprepared, attempted to go for a hug, but Harbaugh continued the barrage of slaps and punches to Herbert's pads.
Justin Herbert and Jim Harbaugh seem to have mutual trust, even as Herbert's passing numbers are down from last year. Like many players, Herbert often gives his teammates high-fives and slaps their helmets as they come off the field after big plays. But Harbaugh told Herbert earlier this season that that ritual needed to end.Harbaugh wants Herbert to protect the franchise's most valuable hand.
That admiration extends to other areas, like in a team meeting earlier this season when Herbert began doing calf raises and Harbaugh followed suit."Jim's looking him up and down and started doing calf raises, too," Hurst said while hysterically laughing. "If we throw 500 times or 50 times, we just have to be executing as an offense," Herbert said."Selfishly, I love to throw the football, but I want to get this offense to be as best as we can and what that looks like changes from week to week."Tyler Fulghum explains why he's looking at the Chargers moneyline in a Monday night matchup against the Cardinals in Week 7.
"Hopefully, this reminds everybody that Justin Herbert's really good at playing quarterback," Harbaugh said. Since Harbaugh began as a head coach 20 years ago at the University of San Diego, his vocal admiration for quarterbacks who have played for him has been instinctual. That much was evident after Harbaugh had to briefly leave the Chargers' Week 6 game against the Broncos with an irregular heartbeat. After the game, Harbaugh reflected on the last time he felt similar discomfort, which he said was during a 2012 game when he coached the 49ers. He quickly mentioned Kaepernick.
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