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Justin Herbert having to learn a new playbook and working with a different offensive coordinator in college and the NFL has become a familiar routine.
Herbert, along with many Los Angeles Chargers fans, are hoping that the new regime of coach Jim Harbaugh and offensive coordinator Greg Roman will be around for awhile.
As the Chargers wrapped up their offseason program on Thursday, Herbert was pleased with what he was able to accomplish in the past couple of months.
“Greg has done a great job of installing it and demonstrating exactly what he sees from the offense,” Herbert said. “It’s definitely a complex, difficult offense to learn, but we’ve done our best to pick it up. A lot has been thrown at us, but with the way we’ve picked it up and attacked it, I’m looking forward to running it.”
Roman is the fourth offensive coordinator Herbert has worked with since he was the sixth overall pick in the 2020 draft. He also had three offensive coordinators during his four seasons at Oregon.
Harbaugh is the sixth head coach Herbert has had in college and the pros.
While some quarterbacks would get unnerved over the constant changes, Herbert has tried to take the opposite approach.
“I would say that it’s a good opportunity to learn more football. Because I think at the end of the day, a lot of the concepts are similar. They’re just called something else,” he said. “The identity of the offense vary with the coordinator, but understanding the concepts and if it’s still Cover 3, these are the beaters and if it’s Cover 2, these are the beaters, that part of football doesn’t change.”
Herbert also raved about Harbaugh, calling it an “honor” to play for the coach that led the San Francisco 49ers to the Super Bowl in 2012 and guided Michigan to a college football national championship last season before returning to the NFL with the Chargers.
“He’s done such a great job taking this team and getting them to where he wants them to go,” Herbert told reporters, via ESPN. “He’s won wherever…
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