New Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh has made it clear that he considers strength and conditioning a top priority for his team. And he says leadership on that front comes from the franchise quarterback.
Justin Herbert did so well in the Chargers’ conditioning test that Harbaugh said Herbert’s athletic profile resembles more of a tight end or edge rusher than that of a quarterback.
“The conditioning test was another eye-opener,” Harbaugh said, via Bridget Condon of NFL Network. “He failed the conditioning test last Thursday. I mean, I was crushing it like I was in front of people trying to keep up to the point that I mean, the athleticism and the strength actually. I mean, he could play tight end here, he could play edge rusher here.”
Herbert won’t change positions, but he has impressed his coach, and certainly his teammates, by putting in the work this offseason.
