With 12 game-winning drives (GWDs) each, both Jalen Hurts and Lamar Jackson would need 33% more GWDs to match Herbert’s 16. Herbert and Hurts came into the league the same year (2020), and Jackson has two more years of play on both of them.

Herbert has the most GWDs for any player with 6 or fewer seasons. (Herbert has played 5 seasons.)

Both Mahomes and Allen have two more years playing games with 7, and Herbert is within striking distance of their comeback potential. (Mahomes sat his rookie season.)

The highlighted names in the image are current players who people argue as being within the top tier of QBs. (Some might include Stafford. I don’t, but I can see why some do.)

I can absolutely see why Harbaugh woke up one morning this offseason thinking, “We have to get Herbert into the Hall of Fame.” Herbert is an unsung hero who needs a team built around him, and Harbaugh is making it happen with the help of Hortiz and Minter.

Image source: https://www.pro-football-reference.com/leaders/gwd_active.htm

7 comments

  1. Yeah he’s the absolute man but nobody will talk about him, which I’m fine with we’re gonna absolutely be fucking sneaky this year and can’t wait to see big bro fucking dial it in. HERBO FULLY LOADED

  2. He’s playing from behind more as a charger = more opportunities. Listen, I’ve been a charger fan since 1986. We get it – Herb doesn’t get the respect or recognition he probably deserves.

    Dude needs to win a playoff game. It’s that simple, folks

  4. Love Herbert but this stat is mostly a “is your team losing a lot” marker. Look at the list… Carr, Cousins, Dalton, Flacco…

  6. This last year, it was our receivers with 🧱 for hands that made him look bad. Ladd was the only one that was a solid catcher. Even with just the re-signing of Mike Will, we should see a dramatic improvement on drops.

  7. This is a stat that I’ve always thought isnt necessarily a list you want to be on…

    Matthew Stafford is first because he’s played most of his career on losing teams and you have to be losing in the first place to score a game winning drive. Like Mahomes at 23 sounds a little low- (he got probably half of them this past season)

    But most of the time they’re not losing in the fourth so there is no game winning drive to be made.

    Having said that- no doubt Herbert isn’t clutch- but if he had 8 of these – wouldn’t make me think he wasn’t- would make me think he’s winning more often than he’s losing in the 4th quarter

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