{"id":17590,"date":"2025-07-17T23:59:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/17590\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T23:59:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T23:59:08","slug":"justin-herbert-is-wearing-uv-protection-contact-lenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/17590\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Herbert is wearing UV protection contact lenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Justin Herbert is hoping to see the field even better this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers quarterback\u2019s blue eyes were noticeably red after the team\u2019s first training camp practice Thursday, and Kris Rhim of ESPN reports it is Herbert\u2019s choice of contact lenses that are responsible for the color change.<\/p>\n<p>The lenses provide UV protection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com.au\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/45764305\/chargers-justin-herbert-wearing-uv-protection-contact-lenses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">didn\u2019t have to squint<\/a> nearly as much,\u201d Herbert said, via Rhim. \u201cWhen I stepped into the huddle, I think some of the guys were a little surprised. Think they were like, \u2018Oh, we\u2019re gonna score.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Herbert said he found a tinted visor untenable because it requires wiping off too often.<\/p>\n<p>He began wearing the prescription contacts for sensitive eyes earlier this week and expects to wear them all season.<\/p>\n<p>Herbert said he will double-check with the league to be certain the contacts are within league rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Justin Herbert is hoping to see the field even better this season. The Chargers quarterback\u2019s blue eyes were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-17590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}