Perspective: Justin Herbert has all-world talent, implausible toughness — and the power of invisibility.
You could imagine Herbert, the Oregon graduate with a grade-point average as prolific as his football stats, using his biology degree in a building like this. But he’s doing okay at his NFL quarterback gig. In the Chargers’ quaint lab, the unassuming Herbert continues to perfect his own brand of stardom., Herbert will lead the Chargers against Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
This season has been the hardest and messiest of his brief career, but progress doesn’t come from ease. Herbert showed he could absorb difficulty. He played through the pain of an early-season If you didn’t draft a first round quarterback and quickly develop him within the last six years, you’re not a viable AFC contender right now. The NFC still has room for old men, reclamation projects, pleasant surprises and middling veterans. The AFC monopolizes precocious youth at the position.Under normal circumstances, the Herbert-Lawrence victor would have next. He would be poised to vault his team into a window of prime contention.
Herbert emerges and vanishes. He has presence and the power of invisibility. It’s not shyness as much as intense focus and uninterest in blather. As the Chargers have learned, his substance and competitiveness make him easy to follow. As his father, Mark Herbert, once told me: “He’d rather kick your ass quietly and pick you up and say, ‘Hey, good game.’”Easton Stick, the No. 3 quarterback, sits next to Herbert. They are friends who play golf together in the offseason.
He’s just there, always, excellent and reliable. Since taking the reins, Herbert has made 49 consecutive starts. When he sustained 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.
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