The Chargers’ winless start has put Justin Herbert under a harsh spotlight, but Chase Daniel says the quarterback is not the kind of player who will try to force his way through the noise with public complaints or back-channel leaks.
Speaking on the Up & Adams Show, Daniel described Herbert as calm, low-drama and deeply focused on football even as Los Angeles remains the league’s only team without a win.
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“He is not one to, like, stand on the table. ‘We gotta have this.
We gotta do this.' He’s pretty much go with the flow,” Daniel said.
“He’s a really, really nice dude. He’s definitely got some quirks about him, which is like inside jokes between us, which I think is really funny, but he’s definitely not like one of those guys that you see that is gonna leak something.
“He’s not going to have his agent leak something to [Adam] Shefter or Ian Rapoport or someone like that. That’s just not him.
He’s like a nitty-gritty, football-loving dude. And so I know that no one wants to get this more right than he does.”
The frustration in Los Angeles has centered on the offense, where Herbert hasn’t been able to produce the kind of success needed to turn close games into wins. The disappointment runs through the whole team, though, because neither side of the ball has played well enough to change the record.
Still, Herbert’s former teammate believes the quarterback is not running from the problem. The talent is there, but the Chargers will need a full-team response to finally break through, and a matchup with the Houston Texans gives them a chance to chase that first victory.
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