EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — After 4 video games the place the Los Angeles Chargers (2-2) offense fluctuated between electrical and dreadful, coach Jim Harbaugh and quarterback Justin Herbert acknowledged Wednesday that executing on offense might be important to a profitable season.
Herbert stated “nobody is panicking,” and Harbaugh is set to repair the Chargers’ offensive woes forward of Sunday’s recreation towards the Denver Broncos.
“What does getting higher seem like? For us, it is getting crisper, sharper on offense,” Harbaugh stated.
By way of the primary two weeks of the season, the Chargers have been undefeated and executing how Harbaugh had stated they’d when he took the job in January: with a dominant bodily dashing assault and a stingy protection.
The Chargers have been placing groups away, scoring 16 factors within the fourth quarter, which was sixth within the NFL over the primary two weeks. However that shortly modified. The Chargers dropped two video games and have not scored within the second half since Week 1.
A few of these struggles could possibly be associated to dangerous harm luck.
Herbert has performed by a excessive proper ankle sprain he suffered in Week 2. Tackles Joe Alt (MCL sprain) and Rashawn Slater (pectoral) have been injured within the crew’s Week 3 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers and did not play in Week 4 towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
Outdoors linebacker Joey Bosa (hip) has performed solely 16 snaps since Week 2, and the NFL suspended security Derwin James for the Chiefs recreation as a consequence of repeated violations of taking part in guidelines.
The optimistic for the Chargers is that they’d a bye final week, giving all the gamers time to get better. Slater and Alt practiced collectively for the primary time since earlier than their Week 3 accidents.
“I believed it got here on the proper time,” Herbert stated of the bye.
Even with the accidents, the Chargers have been in all these video games till the fourth quarter, with the protection preserving the sport shut, however the offense struggled do its half.
“It’s a must to be affected person and perceive that, hey, we’ll get issues proper,” Herbert stated. “We’ve not performed the way in which we wish to, however there’s by no means a time to panic. Panicking would not assist.
He continued: “We obtained the proper guys on the market. It is a new offense. It is a robust offense. We will get it picked up and nobody is panicking or fearful about that. So long as we’re transferring ahead and getting higher, that is all you may ask.”
