Playing through a rib injury and without his favorite target, the quarterback leads the NFL with 1,250 passing yards through the first four weeks of the season.
Herbert regained his rhythm and his confidence, throwing with his customary fluidity and accuracy while completing 27 of 39 passes for 340 yards and two touchdowns against the Texans. He appeared stiff and ill at ease during the Chargers’ loss to the Jaguars one week earlier.
“Managing the unknown,” as Chargers coach Brandon Staley phrased it, helped Herbert better prepare to face the Texans. Herbert had a better week of practice last week than the previous one, too, and he played a game that sparked the Chargers to a much-needed victory. “Out of all of the things that he did , I thought that he led our football team beautifully,” Staley said. “I thought that he affected his teammates as well as I’ve seen him. Beyond his performance on the field, I thought that he led our football team at a really high level .”
Herbert’s rise to the top of the league in passing yardage also has happened without the services of Allen, who injured his hamstring in the first half of the Chargers’ season-opening victory over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sept. 11. Allen didn’t practice Wednesday and is considered day-to-day.Asked if Herbert was feeling good, Staley smiled.
“A lot of times, you see star receivers get emotional about touches and the plan and how it’s going throughout the game, but you just don’t see our guys do that,” Staley said of the bond Herbert and Williams have developed. “The trust Justin, they trust Joe ], they believe in one another and they’re happy for one another.
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