Justin Herbert On Facing Jaguars Defense | LA Chargers

Justin Herbert On Facing Jaguars Defense | LA Chargers

How are you uh feeling physically? Yeah, doing well. Thank you. Your ankle tape ankles tape coming up on Sunday. Anything this week you’re dealing with as far as the angles? Probably just the same thing. Just keeping an eye on them and they just got rolled up on. But u being smart, doing whatever I can to uh you know, make sure I’m ready to go on Sunday. What have you, uh seen from Jacksonville defensively? Yeah, they’re really good. They’ve done a really good job of forcing turnovers. I think they’re maybe second in the league in interceptions and um you know they’ve got some premier edge rushers. Um great Dline as well. Just guys up front are able to get after the passer and you know ball security and uh making sure that we’re not um forcing any turnovers is is going to be very important for us. It’s an emphasis this week and um you know they’re very well coached and you turn on the the tape and they’re going to do a lot of different things. Blitz guys from a lot of different places. So, um, we got to watch as much as we can, get a good feel for it. I know it’s not your style, but do you need to maybe stand up for yourself a little bit more with the refs and the late hits? I know you were pretty demonstrated once. Yeah, I think uh, you know, I think I let it know. I let it um I let the refs know when I thought there was a late hit. Um, but it’s part of the game and, you know, they’ve got a job, too, and it’s it’s tough to call it as as they’re seeing it. So, um, you know, what I thought it it might not have been in reality, but, uh, you know, I think it’s just part of the game and whether we get the call or not, um, we’re going to have to run another play the next play. So, I got to get back up and and get back into the huddle. You can’t get too far out of your head space. You have to be, you know, in the moment. Is that what you mean? Like, you got another play to call, another play to to uh, run effectively. Is that is that what you mean? Yeah, I think arguing isn’t isn’t going to get me anywhere, you know, if I if I make a big deal out of it. um you know, odds are they’re not going to call it. Um you know, the more I fight and the more I push for it, I I think they’re going to get more and more likely to not call it. And so I I think uh for me it’s if they call it, great. If we get, you know, that 15 yards, then we’re moving forward. But uh if not, I got to get back up. Um you know, I can express my emotions and say, you know, I I thought that was a a late hit or something like that, but at the end of the day, it’s it’s out of my control and I got to get back into the huddle. As far as your uh like internal clock in a game far as like when pass rush is coming and when you sort of feel like you have to get rid of the ball, do you go into a game with sort of an idea of what your internal clock is going to be like? Does that change over the course of the game based on what’s happening with the pass rush? How does that sort of work for you as far sort of feeling when you need to get rid of the ball? uh you got to do your best to to see defenders whenever they’re they’re coming through. And um you know, I think at the end of the day, you got to be able to sit back in the pocket and if no one’s getting through, then you got all all the time in the day and you can sit back there and you can make those throws and sit in the pocket. But uh if someone breaks through or there’s, you know, a free runner, then it’s time to um think about, hey, where do I get the ball out? Uh is a throwaway all right? Is there a scramble lane? Um and that’s just part of playing quarterback of of seeing that and being able to adapt quickly. Do you change your approach to that based on like who’s playing up front for you guys? Like obviously is your internal clock different when you know, for example, when you have Rashan and Joe out there versus like not having them out there. Does that change at all for you? No, I think uh I think you’re just going based on the defense. Um you know, if you see a guy rushing up the field, then you know you you’ve got an issue. Or if there’s a guy coming down the the A or B gap, um you know, you got an issue. You got to get the ball out quickly. You got to step up, you got to move. Um but uh you’re you’re you’re dropping back trying to keep your eyes downfield at the same time see those defenders and so it’s it gets pretty tough but um you know that’s part of the job and uh for us as quarterbacks if if you’re trying to get the ball too quickly and there’s no defenders then you know you you’ve wasted an opportunity to push the ball downfield. Um so it’s it’s based on the defense and um you know obviously the more you get pressured the more likely you are you’re going to feel it more but uh that’s just part of the game and just calming your feet down and just making sure you’re getting the ball out on time. That’s sort of what I was getting at like you do you like over the course of a game you do feel it a little bit. So how do you sort of balance that as far as like when you start feeling like okay maybe the clock’s getting sped up you know but at the same time you know still looking for those plays. Yeah. Um you know I guess you could you could think about if you had five or six plays in a row where there was pressure the seventh one you can’t let those five or six affect your seventh one. And so if you’re dropping back on those five and six and you got to get the ball out quickly or you throw it away, the seventh one, they might block perfectly and you got to take your time and and go through all the reads. And so it really is play by play and you never want to get rid of the ball too quickly because then you’re missing a shot downfield. And um you know that’s where it’s it’s difficult, but uh that’s part of the game where you got to just sit back and stay comfortable, calm your feet down and make sure you’re going through your reads. You got Jacksonville coming up. It’ll be the first trip there since the playoff game a few years ago. What What do you remember about that game and and or have you just blocked it out entirely? No, I remember I remember every game I’ I’ve ever played in. Do you really? The other big It’s my job. I know. We play a lot of games. Yeah. What What’s What stood out about that one? Uh yeah, it was a playoff game that we lost and not much more to it than that. Second half just didn’t move the ball. What changed? Did anything change in that game? Did they do anything different? Yeah, we’ve had plenty of opportunities to talk about that game. I think that’s uh two or three years out of the past and we’ve moved on since then and uh we’ve all learned from it so we’re moving forward.

LA Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert speaks to the media ahead of their Sunday matchup during Week 11 of the 2025 NFL season. Herbert discusses the efforts made this week to increase the team’s quickness and decision making, as well as the challenges that may come when facing the Jacksonville Jaguars defense.

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