Their offense is 8th in DVOA, defense is 28th. A non-terrible defense would mean they win.

It’s hilarious to me how the Chargers have been hyped every year single year for the last decade and always fall on their faces.

They’ve honestly got one of the worst coaches I’ve ever seen. He is their Gus Bradley.

Blaming Herbert while Brandon Staley is still in the building is a travesty. We know why LAC is struggling.

Herbert is a good quarterback. He’s also a $262.5 million quarterback leading a 4-7 team. The Chargers are 29-31 in his starts.

i like herbert but ya he was not criticized at all for the 27-0 choke job, rewatching the game, there were multiple times he could have put us away and he couldn’t do it, i remember he missed a dude wide open in the end zone which would have put them up 31-0 which imo, would have been the nail in the coffin. id like to see what he can do with a better coach

In my opinion this comes down to a few things. Trevor was dubbed a “generational” talent. Maybe people felt like he didn’t deserve that. Regardless of whether he did or didn’t deserve that title, just calling him “generational” created an ambiguous and subjective expectation of greatness. In other words, anything short of a fully developed and hyper mobile prime Peyton Manning in year one was proof that Trevor was not “generational”. Add in the fact that Urban Meyer knew less than nothing about developing a young qb and you have the perfect storm for people to claim “I told you so”. Since then we’ve seen Trevor can make every throw on the field and can read a defense pre and post snap better than most other qbs in the league. Is he a HOF? Not yet. Could he be? He certainly has the potential.

Herbert on the other hand was a bit of a surprise pick at 6th overall. Much less pressure on a guy coming in under the radar. (I understand there is pressure being picked 6th but it is vastly different than a freshman qb being called the 1st overall pick 3 years early) Also, do not discount the fact that Herbert plays in LA vs Trevor being in Jax. This plays a huge role in how mass media portrays each QBs situation. All that said, I think people love being right and they love to hate. Everyone and their mother had an opinion on Trevor, therefor you’re going to see more people exclaiming whether they were right about him. Herbert had a fraction of the expectations or pressure on him to IMMEDIATELY succeed and exceeded expectations early on. Now people are desperate to remain “right” about Herbert so they double down on his greatness and avoid criticizing him. TLDR: Trevor is an easier target for hate I guess.

He is one of the media’s “fab 5” favorites along with Mahomes, Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, and Josh Dobbs(in a way).

I bet if Trevor played for any other team then he’d be in that category.