Jim Harbaugh On Victory Against Cowboys | LA Chargers

LA Chargers Head Coach Jim Harbaugh speaks to the media after the Week 16 victory against Dak Prescott & the Dallas Cowboys. Harbaugh provides injury updates on players including running back Kimani Vidal and defensive back Donte Jackson. He also discusses quarterback Justin Herbert’s “Picasso” performance, the team’s never-say-die mentality ahead of the playoffs, and the importance of the upcoming Week 17 matchup against former University of Michigan wide receiver Nico Collins & the Houston Texans on Saturday.

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  1. You are great coach and motivator. Thank you Mr. Harbaugh for turning the chargers around and making them believe. I know no matter what happens this year with all the injuries that you definitely got this team going in the right direction…
    Let's go to Superbowl.
    Bolt ⚡⚡ up.

  8. Okay listen maybe Justin Herbert and the Chargers will have a chance to prove that they can win a super bowl this season? But I'll tell you why I dont think Justin Herbert will win a super bowl or can win a super bowl. Go watch that game against the Eagles two weeks ago. The Eagles won the super bowl last year and they have a super bowl defense. Justin Herbert completes 12 of 26 pass attempts? For 139 yards, a touchdown, 1 interception and was sacked 7 times? That aint going to win a super bowl man and there's things that he could've done as a player/quarterback to play a better game, to be a better football player at the quarterback position. I sat there and watched this game for at least a good hour and I was only watching offensive plays. I was hitting the 10 second rewind button and watching the same play 3, 4 or 5 times that gave me the sky camera view of the whole field so I can see everything. The end zone view might be better for seeing how the running back is doing right? The sky camera view is better for seeing how the passing game is doing? You could watch the end zone view to see how the quarterback is moving and adjusting in the pocket and you could watch the sky camera view to see how the running backs are running in open field. But I find that the sky camera view is best used for the passing game. You gotta see everything from the drop back, to the protection, to the routes being ran, to the amount of time that is in the pocket, are any of the receivers open or getting open (there could be some flaw there in the play design), the speed and/or the quickness of the quarterback's recognition of open receivers, the movement of the quarterback, the extra time the quarterback has in the pocket (waiting for a receiver to get open when one is already open could be somewhat of a crapshoot), the decisions that the quarterback is making with the football. I don't have the best video and audio service that the nfl offers there's different levels you can get. The one I have currently allows me to watch an all-22 film but I can't go into the recap where there's the play by play for each drive and next to each summary of each play is a play button that shows the replay of just that specific play. Also the film that I'm watching does not include other information of what quarter, time of game, play clock (don't know if that's an absolute necessity for film watching but probably nice to have), down & distance, the line to gain, the play number. So maybe I'll get the better package next time and see what else it gives me? But I'm just watching a bunch guys run plays on a football field. But if you're a quarterback I think you need to have more basic information of what you're watching instead of just film and that's it. What I'm watching is the film that is made available to the fan/consumer. I couldn't imagine an quarterback having to use such a preliminary service to watch film. Maybe you could overload yourself with too much information and then you have a hard time just cutting to the chase and getting to the point. But I would think you just need some basic information to go along with watching game film. Not broadcasting film but game film. So you can breakdown not only where there's a lack of execution (and there is probably enough blame to spread around to everybody), but also where there is some drive management issues and game management issues which I think does fall squarely on the shoulders of the quarterback. Maybe the head coach at times can be there to stand in his corner and tell him this what we're doing. But for example because this could happen on any given play once that ball is snapped, and it does, it's the quarterback that is left to make decisions. And are they decisions that lead to wins? If you have to audible out of passing plays into running plays because you see something and you know checking into a specific run play at that specific time is the best thing to do then that's what you have to do. If I was a coach I would tell my quarterback and I would say look it the decisions that you make as a quarterback could be the difference between winning and losing. There is no way to foolproof your way around that. It's like being a captain of a ship you're at the helm. You steer the vessel, you control the thrusts of the engines, you lower and raise the anchor, you tell your deckhands what to do, you're in charge of the cook in the galley (I've never been a captain of a ship before), but you gotta know everything about that ship and what everybody's job is and how the ship functions. And if it sunk you cant just let down a life raft and save your own life while your whole crew perishes. What are you going to say when you get back to land? Because they're gonna tell you you were the captain. Hell the authorities might even criminally charge you. You're the last one that is saved. But that's pretty similar to an nfl offense in my opinion. I don't know if an nfl quarterback is going to hand pick every player that will play on that offense because I'm not too sure if he'll be a good enough of a scout to do that because then you'll be getting into the scouting end of it. But if that offense played good enough to win but you were just not a good enough captain of the vessel. Who's fault is that? So if the Chargers make it to the super bowl the Eagles could be the team that you're playing. They clinched a playoff spot and I think they won their division. And do you honestly think that if Herbert has a similar performance that's going to get it done? That isn't going to get it done. Maybe if he was able to put up 200+ yards? And I think maybe he could have if he was able to travel through a time machine and play that game all over again. There was a couple of plays or some plays where a receiver was open for a 1st down and he just didn't throw the ball or opted to throw to a receiver deeper down the field but missed. There was one play where Scott Matlock was open on probably what would've been a check down route but no one else was open. It was a window that opened fast and closed quickly and there was pressure too. But Herbert held onto the ball it was sort of a crapshoot and there was pressure and if I remember correctly nobody else was open? That game film is the film where you want to sit down and watch it for 12 hours. There was a couple of go routes where the corners got inside and underneath and the safety over the top was playing deep and there was just those areas on the boundaries of the field where the quarterback could've thrown a hole shot where the receiver if he was looking over his inside shoulder he would have to readjust and look over his outside shoulder and maybe he's dragging his feet before he goes outbounds with the catch. If the quarterback waits too long and/or throws it too deep yeah he might get pick off by the safety. There was that one play where Herbert threw a ball to Ladd and he got picked off. It was earlier in the game in the 1st quarter I think. It looked like it would've been a hard throw to make with the pressure and the coverage and their defense might of done just enough to get the quarterback and the offense out of position to where you just couldn't make that play. Because there was coverage underneath Ladd and there was coverage over the top of Ladd but he was angling away from the safety for what could've been an over the shoulder catch. It's like getting out fences in practice. You put one fence whatever distances you decide upon out from the line of scrimmage because coverage underneath varies depending on the depth of the routes and how much the defensive coverages have to stretch, and you put another fence behind that one a certain distance maybe 7 – 8 to 15 yards? It's probably best if the receiver has an angle so the quarterback can layer it over the first fence of coverage but in between the 2nd fence of coverage. But not directly in between like a sandwich? That might be hard to do right there. But there was pressure on the quarterback to where he wasn't able to set his feet to make that kind of throw, and you dont want to turn the football over and give the other team good field position. Better off to punt. But that was one throw that could change a drive, could change the outcome of a game depending on what amount of points you can come away with in a game that's so tight. So like I said there's enough blame to spread around but Justin Herbert he could've played better throughout the entirety of that game. And one more thing too is when Justin Herbert has the better and the quicker recognition there's less tipped passes at the line of scrimmage. Because the longer he hangs onto the ball the closer the pass rushers and/or that pressure may get to the quarterback and the more of a chance these pass rushers will get a hand up for a tipped pass. So do i put Herbert into the category of nfl gun slinger? Not me, not yet but the recognition was better against Dallas but they dont have as good of a defense though, and that's why I point to this Eagles game. Teams in the nfl with bad defenses they may not even get to the playoffs let alone get to a super bowl.

  11. That 2 game suspension fkr perryman is bullcrap I get they want safety but damn he wasnt even ejected maybe a 1 game but 2 games is redicolous hope he appeals it and they just do 1 game he is important still last 2 games of the year

  18. ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT SUSPENSION! They didn’t even suspend him from the game, and they suspended him for two games after the fact when he’s needed most the last two games to try and win the division/afc west! The NFL really does a damn good job screwing the Chargers over! Just the like the Derwin suspension before the Chiefs game last year. They will do anything they can to try and keep them from winning! 💯 garbage!!!!! 🖕🏻NFL🖕🏻

  20. This is the difference between a good coach and a bad coach we win close games and this coach makes the right moves I’m hoping we can get more time on the line for Herbert on these next two games both of those teams have a really good defense

  22. The NFL for some reason does not want the chargers to succeed… DP 2 games when we need em most… Jefferson last week ejected after an unintentional helmet hit… why because he was hitting people too hard earlier in the game? Soft af refs/league

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