[US, Mexico & Canada customers only] Sep 5, 2025; Sao Paulo, BRAZIL; Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert (10) through the heat up earlier than a NFL recreation towards the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs at Corinthians Area. Necessary Credit score: Amanda Perobelli/Reuters through Imagn Photographs Justin Herbert placed on a prime-time present to open his season and now receives an opportunity to dazzle on the Monday evening stage.
After Herbert excelled in Brazil, he’ll attempt for one more show-stopping show in Las Vegas when the Los Angeles Chargers go to the AFC West rival Raiders in Week 2.
Herbert outplayed Patrick Mahomes within the opener by passing for 318 yards and three touchdowns in a 27-21 victory over the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs. He additionally made the clinching play when he scrambled for 19 yards on third-and-14 simply earlier than the two-minute warning.
“Justin is one hell of a soccer participant,” Chargers tight finish Tyler Conklin instructed reporters. “Simply all-around, the whole lot he can do … I can not say I ever performed with somebody that may simply management a recreation like that together with his ft and together with his arm.”
Stated Herbert: “We went on the market and executed and did what we wished to. Guys made performs and it was nice to see.”
Los Angeles (1-0) has excessive hopes because it embarks on the second season of the Jim Harbaugh period.
However desperately wanting to stop the Chargers from a win is new Raiders coach Pete Carroll, who clashed with Harbaugh prior to now.
The friction was at its worst when Carroll coached at Southern California and Harbaugh was reviving Stanford. The coaches met thrice with Harbaugh profitable twice.
The visiting Cardinal shocked the top-ranked Trojans — who had been favored by 41 factors — in 2007 earlier than USC received the subsequent season at Stanford. Then, in 2009, Harbaugh by no means took his foot off the pedal because the Cardinal routed USC 55-21 in Los Angeles.
Afterward, the 2 males had a really frosty postgame handshake with Carroll famously asking Harbaugh, “What’s your deal?”
Carroll exacted some revenge within the NFL when his Seattle Seahawks beat Harbaugh’s San Francisco 49ers 23-17 within the 2013 season’s NFC Championship.
“I bear in mind Jim. I’ve no fond reminiscences,” Carroll stated Thursday. “… There have been nice video games.”
Harbaugh is effectively conscious of the storyline.
“That is anticipated and fairly effectively documented,” Harbaugh stated. “He is an awesome coach, among the best. A variety of respect. I at all times thought if I had ever performed for him or on considered one of his groups, I guess we might have been actually good pals.”
Informed of the latter remark, Carroll agreed and stated they’d have gotten alongside as a result of they’re each extremely aggressive.
After all, it is extra possible a participant will decide the result Monday and quarterback Geno Smith is vying for a second straight stellar recreation with the Raiders (1-0).
Acquired within the offseason from the Seahawks, the place he earned Professional Bowl honors in 2022-23 whereas enjoying for Carroll, Smith handed for 362 yards, one landing and one interception in Week 1’s 20-13 highway win over the New England Patriots.
“That is how we wish to play soccer,” Smith stated of the aerial assault. “We wish to make it possible for we make the best reads. I wish to make it possible for I am making the best choices and getting the ball into the fingers of the playmakers. We received a whole lot of nice gamers, and that is one thing we are able to reap the benefits of.”
All-Professional tight finish Brock Bowers is a kind of gamers and had 5 receptions for 103 yards towards the Patriots earlier than leaving with a knee harm.
“I am unsure. We’ll see,” Bowers stated Thursday on whether or not he can play. “We’ll see the way it’s feeling all through the week, however I am hoping to play.”
Linebacker Elandon Roberts (elbow) additionally missed apply Thursday for the Raiders.
For the Chargers, linebackers Denzel Perryman (ankle) and Del’Shawn Phillips (toe) missed apply. Cornerbacks Elijah Molden (hamstring) and Tarheeb Nonetheless (calf) had been restricted.
Rookie working again Ashton Jeanty had simply 38 yards and a landing on 19 carries for Las Vegas in his NFL debut.
The Chargers received each conferences final season for his or her first sweep of the Raiders since 2018.
–Area Stage Media
