The Facts: The Chargers have one of the best young quarterbacks in the NFL. They know it, and they plan to take full advantage of it. HC Brandon Staley recently told Robert Mays of the Athletic Football Show that the offense will revolve around the team's second-year quarterback. "I wanted our offense to run through Justin Herbert," Staley said. "I wanted him to make it work and I think that's what's been fun to sort of get started."
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In other words, the Chargers won't have a system. Herbert will be the system. "I think that ultimately, those are the most dangerous quarterbacks you defend, where the quarterback becomes the system," Staley said. "Studying the great players that have played that position and guys I've looked up to from a coaching standpoint like Jimmy Johnson, Bill Belichick, Pete Carroll, Mike Tomlin, Jim Harbaugh. Bill Parcells is a guy that since I was a little kid I've always admired, their quarterbacks have all played really, really well." Thus, while the potential success of the Chargers under Staley, a former defensive coordinator, could result in offensive coordinators getting head-coaching jobs elsewhere, the offense will remain the same because the offense is Herbert.