{"id":90076,"date":"2025-05-30T07:37:18","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:37:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/90076\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T07:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T07:37:18","slug":"why-tony-jefferson-is-feeling-refreshed-in-year-2-with-the-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/90076\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Tony Jefferson is Feeling Refreshed in Year 2 With the Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The veteran was then limited in training camp with a hamstring issue \u2014 but it all changed when he filled up the stat sheet in the final preseason game in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Jefferson finished that game with 14 tackles (11 solo), two interceptions, a forced fumble, a sack, two passes defensed and a quarterback hit in that game.<\/p>\n

He had made his case for the roster loud and clear.<\/p>\n

“It gave me a little boost of confidence after that,” Jefferson said. “Obviously during the season I had to wait my turn, wait until my opportunity came and I just wanted to make sure I was ready.<\/p>\n

“I think that game helped me with my confidence going forward,” he added.<\/p>\n

Jefferson went on to start the season on the practice squad before filling in a major role later in the year due to injuries, playing in eight games<\/a> and starting four of them. He also started and forced a fumble during the Wild Card round.<\/p>\n

It was a long process to get to where he wanted to be in his return to football last year.<\/p>\n

Now this season, the 33-year-old is feeling a far contrast to what he felt like going into his minicamp tryout last season.<\/p>\n

“Now I’ve got my feet under me\u2026 I feel like I’m in the flow of everything,” Jefferson said. “Just continuing to ascend health-wise.”<\/p>\n

A large part of the improving health this year was something Jefferson attributed to Chargers Executive Director of Player Performance Ben Herbert<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The veteran has been hard at work with Herbert throughout the offseason, as he developed a plan that has Jefferson loving the way he’s feeling entering his 11th season.<\/p>\n

“Being with Herb early on has helped me,” Jefferson said. “I always say, the longer I’m with him, the longer I’m going to play.<\/p>\n

“He just does a great job of having a plan for everybody,” Jefferson added. “It’s not just doing this or doing that, there’s a plan for everything. That’s been going well, I’m really excited about that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The veteran was then limited in training camp with a hamstring issue \u2014 but it all changed when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2064],"tags":[37,241,7,34,38,1014,262,2444,2443,6,15079],"class_list":{"0":"post-90076","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-app-homepage","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-homepage-cp","12":"tag-homepage-headlines","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","15":"tag-losangeles","16":"tag-losangeleschargers","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-tony-jefferson"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114595643336879143","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90076","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=90076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}