More about their o line. He's elusive when given the chance and it doesn't look like he's running in cement when he does take off. I doubt he would injure himself so badly running for a first down that he would require season ending surgery either. Only unique quarterbacks can do that.
Word. The criticizers who weren't watching but wanted to blame him for team issues.
I mean he is solid but not in that top tier. There are 4 elite QBs in the NFL right now and Stroud might be joining that club soon. After that you can argue about the next 8 and where they belong on that list and Herbert certainly is one of those.
Interesting stats:
Actually the talent around him is worse. He lost his best two weapons and they replaced them with a RB, who miraculously is not injured. That is largely why his passing stats are way down: they don’t have the talent and are largely reliant on defense and running the ball. The Bengals are just so bad on offense that anyone can throw on them.
First, I would tend to agree that there are only 3 or 4 that deserve the elite status. Those are elite talents and they have gotten playoff experience and shown they can do it.
Herberts Passer Rating is 103…..by far the highest of his career…..though it has been good every year
Harbaugh had enough sense to understand the elite talent was getting killed. Strengthen the trenches, get a running game & play solid defense. Let your superstar get healthy & just be the difference maker.
He IS one of the best-in the league.
You seem to only be counting WR's as talent. They strengthened the OL & DL.
If the Chiefs showed one thing, it’s that a top a 5 OLine with scrub WRs makes for a bad offense even if your QB is amazing. In fact the drop in Herbert’s numbers is similar to that of Mahomes because someone has to catch the ball you throw and the Chargers offense has generally not been good because they don’t really have an answer to that question.
