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Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert throws a pass during practice at the training camp as he prepares for a cameo appearance in a preseason game. (AP Photo\/Denis Poroy)<\/p>\n
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The Los Angeles Chargers and Justin Hebert will break ground when he takes a preseason snap on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Herbert, who hasn\u2019t seen the field in his first five years during the preseason, will work against the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium.<\/p>\n
His stint will be abbreviated, with Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh speculating that Herbert will take snaps for a series or two.<\/p>\n
L.A.\u2019s original plan with Herbert was to trot him out briefly in their preseason game last week against the New Orleans Saints.<\/p>\n
But in that game\u2019s run-up, the Chargers lost standout left tackle Rashawn Slater (knee) for the season, which gave them pause in exposing Herbert with a makeshift line protecting him.<\/p>\n
Herbert missed last year\u2019s preseason as he battled a foot injury, and during former-coach Brandon Staley\u2019s tenure, he never risked the reward of seeing Herbert unleash his powerful right arm.<\/p>\n
During Herbert\u2019s 2001 rookie season, Covid-19 wiped away any chances for anyone to take play.<\/p>\n
That all changes this weekend when the Chargers (2-0) face their landlord, their Rams (1-0). And it was Herbert pushing to play that swayed Harbaugh.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted to go out there and see the pas rush,\u2019\u2019 Herbert told reporters. \u201dIn practice as a quarterback, you don\u2019t always get the true feeling of a pass rush so I thought it will be helpful.”<\/p>\n
Herbert, according to Pro Football Reference, landed in the top five last season in quarterback hits (62) and blitzes faced (156), while being sacked 41 times.<\/p>\n
Harbaugh is on board with Herbert breaking a sweat in a preseason game, but with his fingers crossed. L.A.\u2019s camp has been compromised with the loss of Slater and the retirement of wide receiver Mike Williams.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Chargers wide receiver Keenan Allen walks off the field after a win over the New Orleans Saints in a preseason game. Allen is expected to play Saturday against the L.A. Rams. (AP Photo\/Jayne Kamin- Oncea) Ra<\/p>\n
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Keenan Allen, the most productive receiver in franchise history, rejoined the team as a free agent to lessen the blow of Williams\u2019 departure. That will give Herbert a familiar face to aim for in his short appearance.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can call a route and he\u2019s going to find a way to make it work,\u2019\u2019 an appreciative Herbert said. \u201dThere\u2019s a level of comfort throwing to him just knowing that he\u2019s got such a great feel.”<\/p>\n
Herbert is coming off a solid season in which he completed nearly 66 percent of his passes and threw for 23 touchdowns and 3,870 yards, with just three interceptions in leading L.A. to the playoffs.<\/p>\n
After Herbert, the Chargers will turn to Trey Lawrence and Taylor Heinicke to face the Rams.<\/p>\n
Harbaugh said most of the starters will play, save outside linebacker Khalil Mack and safety Derwin James Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert throws a pass during practice at the training camp as he prepares…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":148081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-148080","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115033394701340858","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}