Justin Herbert stopped being a football robot, and it made him better than ever

Los Angeles Chargers’ QB Justin Herbert is, in a few words, a football robot. If you want to teach elite processing and timing at the position, you watch No. 10 for LA. He’s long been one of the NFL’s best quarterbacks, but he always felt like he played a bit more … buttoned up. Herbert is often going to get through his entire progression, choosing to safely check it down rather than try and extend for more explosive plays.

That’s changed under new head coach Jim Harbaugh, though. Herbert has been unlocked in his style of play, and it’s helped him turn in an MVP-caliber season. Herbert’s scramble numbers

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