{"id":559407,"date":"2026-03-25T09:08:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/559407\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T09:08:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:08:15","slug":"nfl-analyst-predicts-justin-herbert-to-win-mvp-award-in-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/559407\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL analyst predicts Justin Herbert to win MVP award in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>March 24, 2026, 10:20 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-chargers\/357\" data-autotag=\"a419627d-6dfd-46c4-8ebe-6ca8a0506ea7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Chargers<\/a> quarterback Justin Herbert received a bold prediction for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">NFL analyst Brett Kollmann believes Herbert can win MVP, only if, the Chargers offensive line can stay healthy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;If the offensive line is healthy, Justin Herbert is winning MVP,&#8221; Kollmann said. &#8220;Justin&#8217;s probably going to have north of 30 touchdowns and probably five or fewer picks if his offensive line is healthy. He will win a lot of games because of it. We&#8217;re talking 13-win territory, one seed territory, Justin MVP territory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Despite the porous offensive line in 2025, Herbert recorded 3,727 yards and 26 touchdowns with a 66.4 completion percentage. He also threw an uncharacteristic 13 interceptions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Entering his sixth season in the league, Herbert hasn&#8217;t had all the right pieces to have an MVP-caliber season but that could very well change in 2026. Herbert&#8217;s performance despite so many obstacles was part of the reason Mike McDaniel joined the Chargers instead of taking a head coaching gig.<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:6|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I look at a player that has shown he can do everything on a football field,&#8221; McDaniel said. &#8220;Football is an 11-person game that there&#8217;s a lot that coaches have to offer to help, assist a player. I feel very fortunate to coach a player of [his] skillset.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Chargers have elevated the offense in free agency, mainly focusing on bolstering the O-line and improving the rush attack. Kollmann believes this will be the difference-maker for Herbert, who received a single first-place vote in the MVP race last season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If the Chargers emerge as a serious contender and Herbert plays up to his potential, he&#8217;ll receive many more first-place votes in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 24, 2026, 10:20 p.m. PT Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert received a bold prediction for the 2026 season.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[159202,49,48,514,82,190059,190060,160670,170528,170541,159798,160668,159095,159089,159085],"class_list":["post-559407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-accessfree","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports","tag-sstssportsnflchargers","tag-sstsnchargers","tag-tagamerican-football","tag-tagjustin-herbert","tag-taglos-angeles-chargers","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnfl","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}