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My favorite random Jim Harbaugh story: when Harbaugh showed up to the 49ers back in 2011, embattled quarterback Alex Smith exacerbated his poor play by angering the Niners fan base by wearing a San Diego Padres hat. Early in the season, Smith randomly switched it up and started wearing a San Francisco Giants hat. It’s not something a lifelong, diehard Padres fan would do, but Harbaugh believes in making easy, small changes that make a team and its players better. Smith getting the fan base off his back for his baseball fandom is a galaxy brain move, but it helped! His play improved too and Smith would help lead the 49ers to the NFC title game in Harbaugh’s first year.
I give you that out-of-nowhere Harbaugh account here because I believe the Chargers, much like the Niners, are now fully Harbaughized. Like those San Francisco teams, the Chargers were a talent-rich team that couldn’t get out of its own way. And like those Niners teams — and every Harbaugh team, really — the Chargers are now a physical, run-first, mistake-free, defensive team attacking each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind.
They’re now 2-0 under Harbaugh after squishing the lowly Panthers 26-3 and while you can nitpick the level of competition through two weeks, what you can’t nitpick is the difference in what we’re seeing from Los Angeles under its new coach.
J.K. Dobbins, riddled with injuries throughout his career until this year, went wild again, rushing 17 times for 131 yards and a score. Quentin Johnston was left for dead after being listed fourth on the depth chart in the preseason; he’s looked really good two games into the season and hauled in a pair of Justin Herbert touchdown passes on Sunday. Herbert’s stats are suppressed through two games, but he’s been extremely efficient, going 14-for-20 on Sunday for 130 yards and the two tosses to his speedy wideout.
Herbert’s presence causes people…
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Author : Will Brinson
Publish date : 2024-09-16 01:49:20
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