After three extremely profitable seasons, Justin Herbert has begun contract talks with the Chargers. Head coach Brandon Staley confirmed that Herbert and the staff have began the method of discussing a brand new deal.
Staley mentioned he’s assured the 25-year-old Herbert would be the Chargers quarterback “for a really very long time.”
“[We’ve got to] simply be affected person,” Staley mentioned from the NFL homeowners conferences when requested a couple of attainable timetable to get a deal finished, through ESPN. “But the main takeaway is that Justin Herbert goes to be our quarterback, and we’re so excited that he’s main our franchise.”
Chargers basic supervisor Tom Telesco feels the identical method, though he is very conscious this new deal will likely be costly. He calls the problem of the upcoming extension, a “good downside to have.”
“There’s so much that can go into it, clearly, with these kind of contracts and the numbers that it is gonna be, nevertheless it’s only a good downside to have,” Telesco mentioned on SiriusXM NFL Radio. “You have a franchise quarterback that is now shifting right into a franchise veteran quarterback. There’s a variety of good issues that include that.
“Now, the flip facet is we’ll construct the staff a bit of bit in a different way. We’ll transition by way of that the subsequent couple years. But I’m not shedding a variety of sleep over it. Yeah, I do know the numbers are gonna be huge. He’s earned it. But we expect we are able to win a Super Bowl with him. So, that is a very good downside to have. We’ll get it finished sooner or later, after which we’ll go from there.”
Herbert is predicted to obtain a contract that can pay him greater than $50 million yearly. Aaron Rodgers is presently the one quarterback who’s incomes greater than $50 million per season. Herbert’s contract will certainly be monitored by Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, a fellow 2020 first-round choose who can also be anticipated to obtain an extension this offseason.
Herbert performed by way of a painful damage early within the 2022 season that resulted in him having surgical procedure to restore a torn labrum at the beginning of the offseason (he’s anticipated to be cleared for offseason actions). He suffered a rib cartilage fracture within the Chargers’ Week 2 loss to the Chiefs. Herbert performed by way of the damage whereas beginning in every of the Chargers’ 17 regular-season video games. His play all through the season helped the staff seize its first playoff berth since 2018.
Herbert threw for 273 yards and a landing with no interceptions in his first profession playoff sport, however the Chargers misplaced a one-point sport to the Jaguars after main 27-0 within the AFC wild-card spherical. The Chargers’ collapse in Jacksonville led to them firing offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and quarterback coach Shane Day.
Herbert, who will play beneath his third totally different offensive coordinator when the 2023 season begins, accomplished a career-high 68.2% of his passes final season. He additionally threw for 4,739 yards regardless of his top-two receivers — Keenan Allen and Mike Williams — coping with accidents in the course of the season. Herbert grew to become the primary participant in NFL historical past to begin his profession with three straight 4,000-yard passing seasons.
He is now projected to be considered one of, if not the NFL’s highest-paid participant assuming the Chargers make him the NFL’s second $50 million quarterback.
