Julian "julianburrell.bsky.social" Burrell

The Justin Herbert slander, especially by members of the media, has to stop. Watching the game on NFL Network Saturday morning, and seeing 10x the air time of commentators talking about how Justin Herbert isn't a top 5 QB because he lacks "signature wins" and (this season) stats to back up his wins, instead of talking about passing Peyton Manning for the MOST passing yards in the first 5 seasons of a career (pretty good stat by the way), dominating the Patriots by 5 scores, or clinching the Playoffs with the worst surrounding talent out of any playoff team that won 5 games last season and didn't look competitive once he got hurt. But what pissed me off the most, was not only bringing up the Jags game, but spending upwards of 5 minutes talking about that one specific loss and attributing it to Justin Herbert. So in the spirit of that frustration, here is some info about that fateful season. The receivers Justin Herbert had in the 2022 Season and where they are today: -Keenan Allen | 67 catches for 719 yards, 7 TD's, lowest yards per game of his career now that he's left the Chargers -Mike Williams | 12 catches for 166 yards, 0 TD's, no longer a starter -Austin Ekeler | 33 catches for 346 yards, 0TD's, no longer a starter -Gerald Everett | 8 catches for 36 yards, 0 TD's, no longer a starter, essentially out of the league -Josh Palmer | 39 catches for 584 yards, 1 TD, WR3 on the Chargers and likely not a starter in the league for anyone besides us and the Patriots -Tre McKitty, does not see the field -Donald Parham, does not see the field -Joshua Kelly, is he even signed to a team? -Deandre Carter, I think you get the point Justin Herbert led these pass catchers to the playoffs without a 1000 yard rusher, and bottom 15 offensive line and defense. He did that by throwing for 4739 yards and 25 TD's to only 10 interceptions. Now back to the Jags game itself, people like to say that Herbert welched it all himself in the second half, but let's take a deeper dive. In the second half: Justin Herbert went 10/18 on passing attempts with ZERO turnovers across the FOUR drives that he possessed the ball, let's look at those 4 possessions. 2 ended in punts. The first punt was the result of a 1st down sack, leaving the Chargers with 3rd and 13. Herbert completed the pass, but did not gain the necessary yardage. The second punt was the result of a rare Keenan Allen drop on 3rd and 11 (again, long yardage situation). 1 ended in a made field goal. 1 ended in a missed field goal. In that same second half, Austin Ekeler had 5 carries for ZERO yards. Also in the second half, the Chargers defense allowed Trevor Lawrence to go 18/23 with 3 TD's and Trevor Etienne to average 6 YPC on 12 attempts. They also had 2 critical game changing penalties, one negating a 3rd down sack and the other giving them an automatic first down on 2nd and 19. And somehow that is Herbert's fault. Don't get me wrong, he didn't play an incredible game, but that team had no business being in the playoffs without Herbert, and you can't rightfully put that blame on him. (Bonus points if you can tell me who's jersey I'm wearing) youtu.be/vqN0Qwdl1gQ?si=BiHb…