{"id":490558,"date":"2026-10-09T17:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/490558\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T17:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T17:10:15","slug":"3-chargers-players-to-watch-against-broncos-in-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/490558\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Chargers Players to Watch Against Broncos in Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

QB Justin Herbert<\/p>\n

The Chargers quarterback bounced back in the final two quarters to get the Bolts back into the game in Seattle.<\/p>\n

Herbert was 14-of-17 for 153 yards with a touchdown and no interceptions in the second half against a stout Seahawks defense.<\/p>\n

Now, both he and the offense look to build on it against the AFC West rival Broncos, who he had one of his best games against last season.<\/p>\n

“You can always take a look at the things that you did well and things that you’d want to replicate more of going into the future,” Herbert said this week. “There are a lot of good things in the game that hopefully we can build on.”<\/p>\n

And for this week in particular, the quarterback knows exactly what Denver\u2019s defense<\/a> brings.<\/p>\n

Their unit has been one of the toughest over the last number of seasons, particularly when rushing the passer, as they led the NFL in sacks in both 2024 and 2025.<\/p>\n

Although they don’t lead the league through four games, their 33 knockdowns (sacks and quarterback hits combined) do rank eighth.<\/p>\n

Herbert and the offense know that if given the opportunity, the Denver defense could take advantage, so there will be added emphasis on limiting turnovers.<\/p>\n

“They’re very good,” Herbert said. “We’ve played a couple of years now and they do a great job of forcing turnovers, getting after the passer and just playing really good defense.”<\/p>\n

Herbert later added: “Just find ways to score points, limit turnovers and execute on third down and be able to convert and stay on the field.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"QB Justin Herbert The Chargers quarterback bounced back in the final two quarters to get the Bolts back…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":490559,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[189260,7710,7708,7709,48,52,51,47,189261,50,49],"class_list":["post-490558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-2026-reg-4-editorial","tag-app-homepage","tag-homepage-cp","tag-homepage-headlines","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-chargers-at-seattle-seahawks-2026-reg-4","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490558","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=490558"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/490558\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/490559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=490558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=490558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=490558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}