Jim Harbaugh defends Mike McDaniel despite 0-4 start, Justin Herbert earns ugly Chargers honor
CBS Sports reports Jim Harbaugh is publicly backing Mike McDaniel despite the Chargers' 0-4 start, while Justin Herbert is getting singled out for one of the uglier quarterback distinctions of the season.
Los Angeles is struggling on offense and its franchise quarterback is a shell of himself
Sharp take
Sharp SixBenchRight · −4.7 under the lineHerbert's back-to-back games of 16.0 and 11.8 FFPC points are not a committee-friendly floor, they're a quarterback trapped in a broken offense. A 7-point road dog number against Seattle with a 42.5 total gives him no garbage-time cushion either. He's rostered everywhere so you're not cutting him, but stop expecting QB1 weeks until this offense fixes something structural. Bench him if you have any alternative with a pulse.
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Our read on CBS Sports NFL’s reporting. Not a fact beyond the source.
Players: Ryan McDaniel, Justin Herbert, Rushel Shell
Teams: Los Angeles Chargers