Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert gets an MVP endorsement

EL SEGUNDO — If you go strictly by the numbers, then the 2025 regular season wasn’t the best of quarterback Justin Herbert’s six seasons in the NFL. He didn’t top 5,000 yards passing, as he did during the 2021 season. He didn’t limit his interceptions to only three, as he did in ’24.

Coach Jim Harbaugh said Monday that Herbert would sit out the Chargers’ regular-season finale Sunday against the Broncos in Denver in order to rest and ensure his fractured, non-throwing left hand doesn’t suffer...