Justin Herbert Reacts to Chargers' Loss vs Texans — FULL Postgame Press Conference #Boltup

[0:00] Is it the middle finger on your left hand that you injured? [0:05] If you could have, would you have gone back and said you wanted to try to go back in there? [0:12] Yeah, for sure. [0:13] I would do whatever the team needed of me. [0:16] Sprain, bruise, break, what happened? [0:19] We'll probably take a look at it and see what's going on, but it shouldn't be an issue. [0:23] Left hand helps, right? [0:25] Just the fact that it's the other hand? [0:27] Yeah, yeah, I mean, good for throwing, for sure. [0:29] But something we'll take a look at and do whatever I can to make sure I'm at 100%, so it should be good. [0:36] Justin, as hard as you've personally worked with this new offensive system to be sitting here in November and working hard this week again, process? [0:47] Yeah, just got to keep fighting. [0:49] As tough as it is, there's nothing else that we can do other than go out there and give our best effort throughout the week. [0:56] Understand that it's only us in that locker room that can do anything about it and obviously not where we want to be. [1:01] But, you know, I appreciate and respect those guys showing up every day, giving their best effort, and, you know, we'll have to figure it out and keep looking and doing our best to keep getting better because it hasn't been good enough yet. [1:15] Sometimes it's obvious in practice that things are not going as well as you'd like. [1:19] Is there any signs of that at all, like leading up to the game and things are where you want them to be prepping for the game? [1:25] I think everyone has given such a great level of focus and detail to practice, and, you know, it just hasn't translated. [1:32] It hasn't gone our way, and, you know, those are the things that you have to watch the film, and you have to find out where you could have gone better, what you could have done differently. [1:41] So we'll see. [1:43] Houston, before that touchdown, 47 consecutive drives, touchdowns, second longest in history. [1:51] What was not working? [1:53] Just weren't making plays. [1:55] Just, you know, didn't score points when we got in the red zone and got to execute on third down, and we weren't doing that enough. [2:01] Touched off the end. [2:03] Was there a little bit of a spunky off the top? [2:07] I think it's always good to score. [2:08] You know, obviously, we want to score on every single possession, and it didn't go our way. [2:12] But I appreciate the fight for everyone continuing to show up and go out there with the mindset that we are going to go down there and score. [2:17] So I'm glad it went our way that way. [2:20] How does this kind of season affect your confidence, if at all? [2:23] I just got to show up and, you know, give your best effort and play for the next game. [2:26] And it was a long season. [2:28] There was a lot of football, and just got to go one game at a time. [2:30] Your sack, what were you seeing from the Texas D for Texas D? [2:37] Yeah, I definitely could have got the ball out quicker and, you know, throwing the ball away too at times. [2:42] And, you know, it's a fine line. [2:43] I wanted to make a play and trying to make a play and protecting the ball. [2:47] So, obviously, I could have done a better job of getting the ball out quicker. [2:50] So, I mean, they were very good. [2:52] They have a premier pass rush, and, you know, I got to do a better job of getting the ball out. [2:55] A couple of those sacks where the edge rushers look like they're on an island with, I think it was either Charlie on one play or Scott on another. [3:03] Are those plays where you're just more wary, like you know they're going to be one-on-one with those guys, [3:08] and you're more wary of the pressure that might come from that? [3:12] I'd have to take a look at those plays. [3:13] I think always you have to be aware of, you know, any premier pass rusher like that and understand that, you know, [3:18] throwing the ball away is better than a sack. [3:19] So that's something that I could have done better. [3:21] As a competitor, what's the toughest part about this drought, right? [3:25] Yeah, you know, obviously you want to go out there and give it your best. [3:29] And, you know, as competitors, everyone in that room, they want to win. [3:32] And, you know, not to be in that position at all this year is obviously very tough on everyone. [3:36] But the way everyone continues to fight and show up and not point fingers, you know, [3:41] it's going to make everyone tougher in the long run. [3:42] A lot of those guys in that locker room said the same thing, that you can't break a ball. [3:46] How hard is that? [3:48] What's the key to making sure that doesn't happen? [3:52] Yeah, as tough as it is, and I'm not sure too many people have been here in this situation, in this room. [3:59] And, you know, I think it helps when you have a great team, a great group of guys in that locker room that that's not their default. [4:05] They're not going to point fingers and they're going to take the blame. [4:08] And, you know, that's what makes this team so special and so close. [4:10] And it's been tough, but, you know, we've got to keep pushing. [4:15] We've got to keep playing. [4:16] We've got a game next weekend and we have to get ready for it. [4:19] Mike said this past week that you've continued to show direct belief in him and this offense. [4:24] How important is it for you to continue to express that to him given the struggles of the season as you guys try to figure this out? [4:32] Yeah, because it's, you know, it's not on him. [4:33] It's on us as an offense. [4:35] And when we go out there, we have to execute. [4:36] We have to make the plays that we need to and, you know, score points. [4:40] And I say it all the time, but that's what matters. [4:42] That's what's important for this offense. [4:44] And we haven't done that. [4:45] And so that's, you know, something that we take a lot of pride in and it hasn't gone our way. [4:49] But, you know, I know that everyone's going to show up tomorrow, do everything they can to get their bodies right, watch the film, and try and move forward. [4:58] Mike Ruffin today, did you see, feel, notice any any significant? [5:04] No, there's really no difference. [5:05] I thought he called a great game. [5:07] And, you know, I think so many coordinators in the NFL go up there. [5:10] I think, personally, I've had three or four coordinators up there. [5:14] And, you know, I think the communication is still great. [5:17] There was no issues with it. [5:19] He's often, Mike has often said that he's learning more about his players, including you, every week, being on a new team, a new season. [5:28] What have you learned about him through this process, through the first nine weeks of the regular season? [5:34] He's incredibly tough. [5:35] He's the toughest coach that I know and obviously wants to win and is such a competitor and gives his best every week. [5:41] He shows up. [5:42] He's there all day, all night, and wants to give his absolute best for our offense. [5:47] And, you know, I feel horrible that we haven't been able to get it done for him yet. [5:50] But it doesn't mean we're going to not, we're going to stop trying for him. [5:53] We're going to keep working and keep getting better and doing everything we can for him. [5:55] Mental toughness, what kind of message does he come in with week by week to, I guess, draw from his experiences in the game to help put things into perspective for you guys? [6:07] Yeah, that it's really, you know, it's one week at a time. [6:09] And, you know, where we're at right now should not have any impact on our next game. [6:15] And so if we can do that and if we can play in a way that it's really one week at a time, you know, that's our best bet of playing at our best. [6:22] And, you know, that's the tough part about the NFL is you're in a situation where you are right now, but you have to find a way to get out of it and do your best. [6:29] And we'll find a way. [6:30] Does Coach Harbaugh have a similar message to that one as well for you guys? [6:34] For sure. [6:35] All right, thanks, Jeff. [6:37] Thank you. [6:38] Thank you.