Justin Herbert recently became eligible to sign an extension, and the Chargers confirmed that they’ve started negotiations with their franchise quarterback.
“Those talks are ongoing,” coach Brandon Staley said today (via ESPN’s Lindsey Thiry). “We’re at the beginning of all that, but all know how we feel about him.”
Herbert will earn a bit more than $4MM during his fourth season in the NFL, but the former sixth-overall pick will surely be eyeing a significant pay raise on his next contract. With Joe Burrow and Jalen Hurts also eligible to sign extensions, Aaron Rodgers may not be the league’s only $50MM player for much longer.
Herbert hasn’t matched Burrow’s or Hurt’s playoff success, but he’s put up some impressive regular season numbers to start his career. The Chargers QB has thrown for 14,089 passing yards, the most by a player through their first three NFL seasons. Herbert has also tossed 94 touchdowns vs. 35 interceptions, including a 2022 campaign where he threw 25 touchdowns while guiding the Chargers to the postseason. The 25-year-old had offseason shoulder surgery but is expected to be ready for the start of the 2023 season.
Naturally, the Chargers aren’t committing to any particular deadline to sign Herbert to an extension, but as Thiry notes, the organization has already “expressed optimism about the situation.”
“Navigating this process, we have a very good relationship with his team,” Staley said. “I’m confident that Justin Herbert is going to be our quarterback for a long time and that we’ll make sure that we get a deal done.
“[We’ve got to] just be patient,” Staley added. “But the major takeaway is that Justin Herbert is going to be our quarterback, and we’re so excited that he is leading our franchise.”
As Thiry notes, the Chargers will still have to make a decision on Herbert’s fifth-year option this offseason. The team will obviously pick up that option, with GM Tom Telesco referring to the inevitable move as a “formality” because of the QB’s impending extension.
$92m in Florida or Texas is more than $105m in California.
but who wants to live there
Hurts is not worth $50MM/year
Neither is Herbert
If the Eagles pay Hurts that much then he worth that much to the Eagles. It’s a timing thing. Flacco used to be the highest paid QB until he wasn’t. They’re not getting any cheaper.
Herbert might be the most over-rated QB in the NFL. Let us know when he wins a game that means something.
Better than Mr. “let’s ride”
A QBs worth is what the teams believes it is. Remember, Dak gets paid a ton too and he’s done absolutely nothing.
High, when your HC makes absurd play calls on the sideline, it’s no the QB’s fault.
Herbert reminds me so much of Carson Palmer. They posses all the physical tools to succeed along with none of the intangibles necessary to lead teams to big meaningful wins. The pundits spend every offseason talking about how great the talent is around him. Tho, it never seems to matter by the playoffs.
Carson Palmer was doing fine until Kimo von Oelhoffen went low and blew out Palmer’s ACL. On national TV during wild card weekend! Everyone saw it and no one killed the Steelers for being the dirty team that they are.
A few years later Brady got hurt and the Bernard Pollard rule was put in place.
No one is gonna complain when Herbert wants 50/year, but he hasn’t won a playoff game, an MVP, or his own division…. LOL
Herbert is what keeps the Chargers relevant. Imagine if those dunderheads didn’t have either Philip Rivers or Justin Herbert playing QB.
Define Relevant… Wild card playoff loss year after year? Never winning a SB ever? Having to move to a new city?? Yeah… Relevant.
I guess being relevant means you get $50M/Year too.. Hysterical.
With Rivers and Herbert, the Chargers regularly make the playoffs or win their division.
Regularly? They haven’t won the division since 2009, a playoff game since 2018, and in the last 10 years they’ve made the playoffs 3/10 seasons… 30% isn’t regularly.
You’re right. Life is worth in Chargers’ world than it looks like from the outside.