{"id":305014,"date":"2026-05-07T23:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305014\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T23:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T23:00:08","slug":"why-bleacher-report-believes-justin-herbert-could-win-1st-mvp-award-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/305014\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bleacher Report Believes Justin Herbert Could Win 1st MVP Award in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Herbert earned an MVP vote<\/a> last season and opened with strong odds<\/a> for the 2026 season back in February and continues to rank in among the leaders as the offseason continues.<\/p>\n

Another big reason for the excitement around what Herbert could do next season is his new offensive playcaller in Mike McDaniel<\/a>, someone with an extensive track record of explosive offenses.<\/p>\n

There’s a long list of high-level offensive stats that McDaniel was a driving force behind during his time in Miami \u2014 which brings plenty of intrigue for what he’s got in store with Herbert under center.<\/p>\n

Couple that in with a number of weapons on the offense, Moton has high hopes for Herbert to have a chance to take home the Most Valuable Player award next year.<\/p>\n

The two-time Pro Bowl signal-caller will also benefit from a change at offensive coordinator. The Chargers hired play-caller Mike McDaniel, who fielded the No. 1 passing offense for the 2023 season with Tua Tagovailoa under center during his time as Miami Dolphins head coach.<\/p>\n

McDaniel can expand his playbook with Herbert, who’s more mobile and has a stronger arm than Tagovailoa. His play-calling could help the Chargers’ star quarterback reach an MVP level.<\/p>\n

Herbert is one spot above Caleb Williams because of his pass-catcher group with Ladd McConkey, Quentin Johnston, and Tre’ Harris at wide receiver, along with Oronde Gadsden at tight end. The Chargers are more equipped to field the top-ranked aerial attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Herbert earned an MVP vote last season and opened with strong odds for the 2026 season back in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[7710,128495,7708,7709,1544,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-305014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-app-homepage","tag-articles-bolts-buzz","tag-homepage-cp","tag-homepage-headlines","tag-justin-herbert","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}