{"id":358941,"date":"2025-09-11T07:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/358941\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T07:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:47:11","slug":"justin-herbert-announces-retirement-plans-after-confirming-madison-beer-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/358941\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Herbert Announces Retirement Plans After Confirming Madison Beer Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

What happens when the era\u2019s quietest quarterback finally walks off the field? For the Chargers\u2019<\/a> QB Justin Herbert, it won\u2019t be in coaches\u2019 headsets or behind hot take microphones. There\u2019s no interest in coaching, no plans to live on as a mentor, just an exit to Oregon\u2019s hills once the whistle blows for good.<\/p>\n

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Appearing in an interview for FOX NFL\u2019s Rear View<\/a> with Mark Sanchez, that\u2019s exactly what the QB revealed. When asked, \u201care you going to coach when you\u2019re done?\u201d Herbert kept it simple. As the QB revealed, \u201cWhen I\u2019m done playing football, I\u2019ll be long gone.\u201d Sanchez doubled down, painting a picture with \u201cyou\u2019re just going to have your own big plot of land up in Oregon.\u201d And Herbert didn\u2019t disagree. That\u2019s the plan somewhere down the line. \u201cDoesn\u2019t sound bad,\u201d Herbert responded. \u201cPlay football for as long as I can. See what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

This simple line on post-NFL life is quintessential Herbert. The NFL has a streak of bringing back legends. Sean Payton, Doug Pederson, Tony Romo, and others have transitioned from players to\u00a0coaches or TV personalities. Herbert, though, remains the rare superstar who signals that football is not his final act, nor the only thing defining him. The Steelers<\/a>\u2018 QB, Aaron Rodgers<\/a> had also noted something similar when talking about 2025 being his last NFL campaign. \u201cI don\u2019t want to live a life in the public eye. I\u2019m not gonna be in the public eye. When this is done, I\u2019m done. You won\u2019t see me, and I\u2019m looking forward to that.\u201d As for Justin Herbert, he\u2019s also shaping his leadership around meaning and preparation, not media exposure.<\/p>\n

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The now-famous \u2018Wise Words\u2019 tradition is a fitting metaphor. After practice, Coach Jim Harbaugh calls on anyone to share a story, quote, or lesson. Herbert is always ready, keeping something prepared in his back-pocket. On occasion, he had shared his father\u2019s creed with the locker room: \u201cDo your best, get better, treat people the way you want to be treated, and never give up.\u201d Herbert calls them \u201ca good standard to set where if you could do those four things, you could be proud of the effort and the work you put in each day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This authenticity matters in a league where future HOFers so often stick around until no one remembers their prime. That\u2019s never been Herbert\u2019s way. The Chargers built their identity around him, turning a franchise ousted hero (Philip Rivers) into an afterthought. Since the sixth-overall pick seized his shot in 2020 and rewrote rookie records, Herbert\u2019s methodical, unflashy rise has made him a cornerstone. Now, coming off a high-profile international win against the Chiefs,<\/a> his approach to leadership and boundaries comes into sharper relief. He knows his impact is seasonal; the game will move on, and so will he. And just as Herbert\u2019s story drifts away from predictable NFL arcs, his off-field life has captivated the crowds with a twist of its own.<\/p>\n

Off the field, new plays \u2013 Herbert and Madison Beer<\/p>\n

Justin Herbert has long avoided tabloid headlines, but his rumored relationship with Madison Beer, the grammy nominated pop star, might have finally been confirmed. The buzz first started when Herbert<\/a> was seen at one of Beer\u2019s music video shoots in LA. The second instance fueled speculations further in late August. On 24th August, the couple were seen in public, carrying wine and a board game to a friend\u2019s house in Redondo Beach. And the third time has only cemented the dating rumors further.<\/p>\n

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When the Chargers won 27-21 against the Chiefs<\/a> in Brazil, many termed it the \u201cMadison Beer effect\u201d and speculated if this rumored relationship could have fueled Herbert\u2019s dominant performance. Following the victory, as Herbert returned to LA, he was spotted with Madison the third time on Saturday, September 6th. The couple notably held hands as they exited the West Hollywood restaurant Delilah after their date.<\/p>\n

Back on the field, expectations have never been higher. Herbert\u2019s dynamic performance in Brazil has set the stage for what could be a Super Bowl run and MVP chatter. But beyond 2025, Herbert\u2019s endgame is simple. He will play \u201cas long as\u201d he can, and when it ends, Herbert will ride into the Oregon sunset, maybe even with Madison along for the ride. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What happens when the era\u2019s quietest quarterback finally walks off the field? For the Chargers\u2019 QB Justin Herbert,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358942,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[323,204,19822,2329,3068,4009,6347,241,3057,3322,7,23059,1014,262,2444,2443,18326,6,1973,4018,11343,3078,4016,9355,3074,3073,4017,6345,3052],"class_list":{"0":"post-358941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-323","9":"tag-204","10":"tag-20er","11":"tag-a","12":"tag-am","13":"tag-angeler","14":"tag-auf","15":"tag-chargers","16":"tag-der","17":"tag-el","18":"tag-football","19":"tag-kalifornien","20":"tag-los-angeles","21":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","22":"tag-losangeles","23":"tag-losangeleschargers","24":"tag-mai","25":"tag-nfl","26":"tag-npstrans","27":"tag-nur","28":"tag-quarternback","29":"tag-quer","30":"tag-redaktionelle","31":"tag-schaut","32":"tag-staaten","33":"tag-vereinigte","34":"tag-verwendung","35":"tag-wahrend","36":"tag-x0x"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115184562672476696","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}