Three rookie quarterbacks have started for their respective teams so far this season. All three promise to turn their respective organization around in the coming years.
Joe Burrow, taken No. 1 overall in college draft, is out for the remainder of the season and possibly for part of 2021 with a torn ACL and collateral ligament half weeks ago. Tua Tagovailoa, the second quarterback taken in the draft, has been inactive with a thumb injury.
Graduated from Oregon and recruited sixth overall, Justin Herbert took the grid for the first time in Week 2 after a doctor from the The Angels accidentally puncture the veteran quarterback’s lung Tyrod Taylor.
Herbert debuted in a difficult divisional duel against Kansas City Chiefs and threw for 311 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Since then, Anthony Lynn he has kept him as his starter behind center without passing a single game in which he goes without his touchdown pass.
Six games of more than 300 yards endorse him as the big favorite by the bookmakers to take the Offensive Rookie of the Year award at the NFL Honors ceremony, held the day before the Super Bowl.
Also, with the help of recipients of the stature of Keenan Allen Y Mike Williamsbesides the tight end Hunter HenryHerbert has gone for 23 touchdowns on the year, and at the rate he’s going, hitting 2.3 touchdowns per game, Herbert is on track for 35 touchdowns at the end of the season.
With that, with five games left to finish the season, Herbert would break the mark for the most touchdowns for a first-year quarterback (27), set in 2018 by Baker Mayfield, to write his name next to a new record number.
The Chargers have games left against the Patriots, Falcons, Raiders, Broncos and Chiefs. Of those, only New England and Denver are in the top 10 against the pass.
November Offensive Rookie
Herbert was named Offensive Rookie of the Year for November, the second monthly award he receives after winning it in October as well.
In the third month of the calendar the quarterback completed 11 TD passes, 1,473 yards and had three games with more than 300 yards. In this way, he became the first rookie to throw 10 or more touchdowns since Peyton Manning He did it with the Colts in 1998.
Bolts have less than a 1% chance of advancing to the postseason, based on Five Thirty EightBut they are currently No. 5 heading into the next draft to strengthen the team around a quarterback who promises to be the face of the franchise for years to come.
