Justin Herbert’s Unreal Commitment Shocks Jim Harbaugh, Reaffirming Chargers QB’s “Fortunate” Character: “How Does He…”

Justin Herbert, “who has just not flinched”, is getting quite the plaudits for having that dog in him. The Chargers’ new HC Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman can attest to that. This is the Chargers QBs 5 season with the team, and he’s already changed 2 other systems. Yet, he has no problem adapting to Jim Harbaugh’s ways. LA Chargers and Oregon Ducks just uploaded a video on Instagram that gives an insight into what’s happening in the backyard. Suffice it to say that Harbaugh’s team is hard at practice and the coach is a bit taken back by the QB1.

The first photo poses an important question. “How does he [Herbert] learn?” The next slide is a conversation between the younger Harbaugh and the Chargers OC. Roman approaches the ex-Wolverines coach and says, “I just love sitting here and listening to each guy, kind of orchestrate the cadences and the difference between them. Justin is like brilliant.”

Harbaugh, who is also surprised by Herbert, says, “I know! What I want to ask him is, how does he learn this?” and goes on to say, “But he’s had three different systems over the last three…this is his third system in three years, I think. He just has not flinched. It’s not Greg give me that again, it’s unreal.”

Greg Roman agrees with the head coach and points out, “He’s got that thing inside of him that’s telling whoever, like, I got this sh*t down cold. If you haven’t noticed.” And by that “thing”, Roman meant a dog, because the next picture literally shows an edited picture of 3 dogs in Justin Herbert’s diaphragm.

Justin Herbert has a superb work ethic, and his previous head coach Brandon Staley can back him up on that.

Justin Herbert never skips a beat

It was last year when the Bolts decided to interview their leading quarterback and found out how focused on football he was. Herbert, on most days, gets into the Chargers facility at 6 AM and leaves at about 8 PM, except for a few days of the week. That’s because he’s fairly young and has the responsibility of leading the team on his shoulders.

“Personally, I love football so I wouldn’t want to be doing anything else,” Herbert told the Chargers. “I don’t have to go to school anymore so I can just focus on football.” “This is my school and I’m fortunate enough to be doing this for my living,”

But coming back to Jim Harbaugh’s assessment of the QB, Brandon Staley saw the same thing in Herbert when he said, “That’s [leading the team] a big task to just do it all by yourself. I think each year, he’s established more and more comfort in front of the group and stuff like that, but leadership is about your actions.”

Things were good before Herbert fractured his right index finger and was declared to be out for the season. Till that point, the QB had played 13 games where he had 3,134 yards and 20 touchdowns. He completed 7 interceptions and a 65.1 completion percentage. But his best season was 2021, where he had 5,014 yards and 38 touchdowns, his career high. He ended up winning the Offensive Rookie of the Year. Notably, he started 62 consecutive games since making his NFL debut. Only Josh Allen had a longer streak than him, 84.

Seems like he is doing well now, and the injury doesn’t have a lot of lingering aftereffects. Hopefully, he can put up the same numbers under Harbaugh’s coaching.