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Player File · QB LAC
Justin Herbert
QB · LAC · 28
Plus
- Keep #18 on seven boards — the cleanest 'he's just a really good QB' ranking on the sheet.
- Chargers weapons (McConkey, Hampton) give 2026 a higher floor than the 'Herbert is sad' years.
- Ranked on 10 Superflex sources — not a one-list darling.
Minus
- Brown 26 / Erickson 5 is a wild expert split for a veteran.
- No Yates top-50 slot: 1QB redraft can wait, Superflex cannot if you missed Maye/Allen.
- Expert spread is wide (Andrew Erickson (X) 5, Draft Sharks 10, FantasyPros ECR 11, Pat Fitzmaurice (X) 12…). You are betting with one camp, not a unanimous tape.
Ball Keep Take
Justin Herbert is the Superflex QB you draft when you want to stop thinking. Seven sources, average 16.43, Keep #18. Erickson loves him (fifth). Brown is colder (26th). The long boards park him in the teens. That average is a franchise quarterback with a real supporting cast for the first time in a while: McConkey, Hampton, and a Chargers offense that can be boring in a good way.
The 2025 Best Plays vs. Kansas City clip is Herbert's plus: velocity, sideline throws, and enough mobility to keep a play alive without being Lamar. He will never be the rushing-QB cheat code. He does not have to be. Superflex leagues that already have one dual-threat still need a second passer who can throw for 280 without a meltdown.
Redraft 1QB leaving him off the top 50 overall is a format thing, not a 'Herbert is cooked' thing. If your SF league has him sliding behind every rookie rusher, that is a buy. If someone still has him as a 1.01 because of 2021 nostalgia, that is a sell. Keep #18 is the adult ranking.
Tape · 2025 season
Justin Herbert's Best Plays Vs Chiefs in Week 15 | LA Chargers
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