As Daniel Popper mentions in the video below, he’s very curious to see how Justin Herbert, Jim Harbaugh and the Chargers respond from that gutting playoff loss in Houston last January. Here’s more from Daniel about that game:
📝 The Chargers needed playmaking from their $262.5 million quarterback. Herbert, instead, looked rattled and out of sorts. He did not scramble once in the 32-12 loss that ended the Chargers’ season.
After the game, Harbaugh said Herbert played “like he always does.” As Harbaugh and Hortiz fielded questions back in Los Angeles to wrap up the 2024 season, Harbaugh was asked if he still felt that way after watching the film.
“Yeah,” Harbaugh replied. “We did him a disservice and didn’t put him in the positions to be successful enough.”
It was a strong statement from Harbaugh, one that fueled the Chargers’ offseason. Harbaugh and Hortiz devoted a vast majority of their resources — through free agency and the draft — to building around Herbert on offense. To rectify that disservice.
The question now, as the Chargers prepare to kick off their 2025 season against the division-rival Kansas City Chiefs in São Paulo, Brazil: Have the Chargers done enough with this roster to take another step in Year 2 under Harbaugh?
Read more of what Daniel thinks about the answer to that question below.
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As Jim Harbaugh enters Year 2 with Chargers, have they done enough to take the next step?