I was the Justin Herbert vote.
The guy had the worst offensive line in the NFL all season and despite that he was working miracles in almost every single game.
Stafford's OL became 2/5ths as bad as Herbert's for 5 minutes and he became a turnover howitzer.
He embodied 'value'.
So every Sunday you wake up, go to the couch and watch NFL redzone for 7 straight hours?”
“Yes Dave.”
“You don’t do anything but scroll X, stare at the TV screen & check your fantasy matchups?”
“That’s right.”
“Do you win your leagues?”
“No Dave.”
To the talking heads who have pulled a switch-up regarding Justin Herbert:
It's nauseating.
For years, you people tripped over yourselves to bury Herbert. You mocked his “empty stats.” You said he wasn’t a “winner.” You nitpicked his every throw as if dissecting greatness would make it disappear. You shrugged off his talent, you wrote him off as a “social media quarterback,” and you acted like he was some mirage propped up by hype.
And now? Now that he finally has a competent coach and a semblance of support around him, you’ve flipped the script. Suddenly the same plays you ignored are “incredible.” The same stat lines you sneered at as “meaningless” are “MVP-caliber.” The exact same quarterback you dismissed is now “everything we thought he could be.”
Here’s the truth you won’t admit: Justin Herbert hasn’t changed—you have. He’s been this guy since Day 1. The only difference now is that the dysfunction around him isn’t so loud that you can hide behind it. You spent years ignoring that he was dragging broken rosters and surviving incompetent coaching. And now that the excuses are gone, you’re scrambling to rewrite history and pretend you were believers all along.
But we remember. We remember the hit pieces, the lazy narratives, the “he’s not clutch” talking points, the endless slander every time his defense blew a lead or his line collapsed. You weren’t just wrong—you were aggressively, loudly, stubbornly wrong. And instead of owning it, you’re trying to rebrand yourselves as if you always knew, or he changed.
So, let’s be clear: Herbert didn’t suddenly become elite. He’s been that guy all along. The only thing that changed was how long it took you to admit you were wrong.
Justin Herbert excelled on play action, intermediate passing and targeting in-breaking routes in the @Chargers’ Week 1 win over the Chiefs in Brazil.
• Play Action: 9/11, 169 yards
• Intermediate: 8/10, 150 yards, 2 TD
• In-Breakers: 11/13, 187 yards, 2 TD
#KCvsLAC | #BoltUp
The Padres beat the Giants. The Dodgers lost to the Angels.
The Padres’ NL West deficit is one game, as close as they’ve been in more than two months and as close as they’ve been post-All-Star break in any season since 2010.
The San Diego Padres not only complete a 3-game sweep over the Colorado Rockies, but they pitch 3 shutouts, including a 2-hit complete game shutout by Michael King.
The Padres have the best record in MLB: 13-3.