Thursday’s game was a tough pill to swallow because, for all I could feel at the time, it was a phenomenal performance against a divisional rival. It FELT like a win. It SHOULD HAVE BEEN a win. But reality says otherwise.
Justin Herbert played out of his mind, as always. But it was the play of the backups who were forced into the fold that impressed me the most. The backup offensive lineman did one heck of a job. To run the ball that well against what was the NFL’s stingiest defense since week eight? Bravo.
It’s that fact that, despite the loss, I had plenty of players who deserved to be highlighted in this week’s “Surge or Static?