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Last night, we saw a big injury. We got Jim Harbaugh talking about Derwin James being the greatest safety ever. The charge is going to be interesting. But are they going to continue to win? Right now it's time to have that conversation with someone who knows him very well.
You can catch her on the sidelines for the Chargers as their radio reporter. You can also listen to her. On the Gary and Shannon Show on KFI AM in Southern California. Joining us right now is Shannon Farron. Shannon, I appreciate the time.
How are you? Of course, I'm doing great. Anytime the Chiefs are 0-2 and the Chargers are 2-0, and just kind of off a. A win there in Vegas beating the Raiders. It's a feel-good time here in Los Angeles, I'd say.
I know a lot of people are happy.
Now, I love Justin Herbert. I love one of these guys. He's typically been a pocket passer, but when he needs to go out and run, he can go out there and get it. What is your first impression on how he's advanced as a quarterback over the years? We know in the playoffs he hasn't always looked that good, but he even seems to be taking another step, even though it's only been two games.
Well, you know, this rarely is a player not injured in the NFL, especially when you get to weeks four, five, six. Everyone's playing with something. And Justin Herbert has been playing with something for a lot of years. I mean, he has not had a completely healthy season. They're very secretive about it.
He's very secretive about it. But the difference right now is that Justin Herbert is 110% healthy and he has great protection. Like you mentioned. Awful injury that we had on that line. Rashawn Slater signed, the injury happened about 11 days after he signed a massive contract to protect Justin Herbert's blind side there.
And he goes out for the season, and everyone thought, oh no, here we go again with a lack of protection for Justin Herbert.
Well, Joe Alt just moved over to the left side where he happened to spend all his time at Notre Dame.
So it has been smooth as silk. Joe Alt has been playing damn near perfect games and kept Justin upright. And this is what a healthy Justin Herbert can do. There's another difference, and you saw the difference between night and day, essentially, between the way the season ended last year at Houston in that playoff game where the Texans were, you know, largely decried as the worst playoff team. LA went in as the favorite to Houston.
And what everyone forgot when they made the odds is that at that point in the season, Justin Herbert had no weapons left. It was a banged up wide receiver room. And all he had really was Lad McConkey.
Well, that day, Lad McConkie went on to break rookie records for playoff performances for a receiver. It wasn't enough. Justin had to do too much. He ended up throwing four picks in the game, more than he had the entire season. But now this season, night and day, like I said, you've got a fully healthy wide receiver room.
You've got Keenan Allen back from Chicago from his one year away. And when you can buy like Justin Herbert enough weapons and he's spreading it around, you're going to see. Games like you saw in Brazil against Kansas City, where they passed 60% of the time. I don't know what the numbers were from last night, but I know it wasn't a run game that carried the Chargers over the Raiders. Absolutely.
Shannon Farron is joining us. You can catch her on the Chargers sideline as their radio reporter. I was going to get right into that. Typically, and even from when he got the job, there was so much emphasis on. On Jim Harbaugh and how he wants to ground and pound and he wants to run.
Well, they just drafted Omari Hampton, got him out of North Carolina. They got Najee Harris. Granted, he's coming off of that eye injury that was very secretive. But they haven't rushed the ball. Can we anticipate that eventually they start to pick that up?
Or is this a different offense that we can expect to see with Harbaugh? You and I both know we've watched enough football to know you don't go very far without a consistent run game. And it doesn't matter if the league is pass happy from year to year or what have you. You have to have a run game. To sustain your season and make it into the playoffs and make a deep run, you have to have a run game.
They love Najee Harris and Omarian Hampton with a one-two punch. No pun intended. Call it a bit of thunder and lightning. The two are both dual threats and they love this moving forward. We just haven't seen any of it.
You know, last night and during that game, I think it's the second quarter, and you know, I'm texting my husband, run the ball. Why aren't they running the ball? You know what I mean? Because it's like. That's what you expect from a Greg Roman offense, from the offensive coordinator Greg Roman and Jim Harbaugh.
They love the run. And, you know, there they picked up Omar and Hampton at number 22 in the draft. And everyone's ready to just open up this gift week one, like it's Christmas morning. And what's the run game going to look like? Because that was something that lacked last year as well.
Will it finally come to fruition under these guys? And I think we'll see that. Omarian Hampton's going to break out and what he does. And you saw last night, like if you look at this guy's legs, you know he is built to withstand tackling. And that's what you saw in a couple runs last night.
I mean, he evaded, they tried to bring him down three, four times on at least a couple nine, 11-yard runs that I can remember right now offhand. He's tough to bring down. And Najee Harris, he is another guy who he keeps those legs moving. And he made something out of nothing a couple times last night. They haven't committed to the run yet.
But again, it's early on. You're going to see a lot of phases of this game evolve and a lot of different game plans, I think, too. That's something that you can always. you can always count on with Greg Roman. He he can tend to surprise you from time to time.
Well, Shannon, I want to talk about the defense. We saw Khalil Mack's arm kind of get stuck in between two dudes, and now he's dealing with an elbow injury. We know Denzel Perryman, he's already on injured reserve. What's the latest, if anything, on Khalil Mack? And should there be concerns about their top defenders kind of dropping like flies here?
MZL's okay. I talked to him last night. He did not have to go on IR, but there's other spots the team needed depth in other than linebacker. He's going to be okay. Khalil Mack, it looks like a dislocated shoulder situation when we've seen similar injuries like this.
And I'm not privy to any internal information or medical information or anything like that. But just from what I've read around the league, it looks like it's an injury that he could play with in weeks to come with a brace in terms of the dislocated elbow.
So, so yeah, I mean, when you see Khalil Mack. Go down like that. And when he gets, he doesn't get injured.
So when he does, it's quite the blow and it's very dramatic. Jim Harbaugh was beside himself yesterday on the sideline when Khalil Mack went straight to the injury tank because he's been playing long enough. He knows when something's wrong, like really wrong. And it was just a definite mood changer because Khalil Mack also plays really well against the Raiders. I mean, he has like 12 and a half sacks against them ever since he came over to the Chargers.
I think he plays. Uh he's got more sacks against the Raiders than any other team, if I'm not mistaken. Maybe, maybe second most against any other team, but um But yeah, there's definitely going to be some issues to address on the edge there. They do have some nice depth on that D line, but you can't replace Khalil Mack. You just can't.
And remember, Joey Bosa left on the other side of that line, our other edge guy, he left to Buffalo.
So definitely going to need some next guy up mentality there, at least in the coming few weeks. Yeah, I can't wait to see what Joey Bosa looks like in the snow. I hope he can stay healthy. I hope. Speaking of health, we heard this from Jim Harbaugh last night.
And it sounded like he was just processing it while he was saying it. He said that Derwin James is the. Best safety that he's ever seen in the NFL. And I had to go, what is he talking about? But, and God bless Derwin James.
He's someone over the course of his career. He's had to deal with plenty. of injuries but he is all over the field It's good to see him healthy, isn't it, Shannon? Texting terms at unlock.com/slash SMS. Privacy policy at unlock.com/slash privacy dash policy.
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He had a first-time all-pro nod in his rookie year. He arrived with an impact the same way he arrives to every collision on the field with an impact. When Jerwin James tackles someone, you can hear it. You can feel it. Look no further than that Travis Kelsey body slam from a year ago or two years ago.
I think everyone remembers that. They love playing a three-degree safety package. They love having that nickel-heavy package and having Derwin down close to. kind of scrimmage, kind of like a third linebacker almost. You can play that way and allow Derwin to do what he can do if you keep that safety room healthy.
Now, we had one safety, Elijah Molden, who was injured and out for the game.
So, they brought Tony Jefferson, who is a veteran presence in the locker room. He was already scouting for another team. They brought him back out of retirement last year, and he is just such a gem of a guy and a player. They plugged him in last night, and Tony Jefferson came up huge. I mean, he had a pick, he fit in perfectly.
But what Derwin James can do and And it revolves around the health of that unit as well. In terms of the way that Jesse Minter likes to play him. But my gosh, that Jesse Minter defense and Derwin James, it's a matchmate in heaven. and Shannon Farron is joining us. from Southern California, catch her on the sidelines for the Chargers Radio Network.
Knowing what this offense is is capable of, Knowing that the defense can hold itself, it still needs some help in regards to getting to the quarterback. They're 2-0 right now. What can we expect? What do you expect? the rest of the way from this team.
I mean, I think you hit the nail on the head in terms of. Injuries. It's all based on people staying healthy. You know, I'm just, I don't know about you, but at this point in the season, I'm kind of weak to week. You know, like, I've got to look at who we play this week.
I know we've got the Broncos this week, but I just pulled up the schedule because, you know, you're traveling and every week is different. But I mean, they should be able, seeing what I saw with the Broncos last season or last week, this last week, they should be able to beat the Broncos. Then they go to New York and they play the Giants. They should win there. They go to a hobble or the Commanders come here.
Commanders now without Austin Eckler. Quarterback trouble there. That should be a win. The Dolphins come here. That should be a win.
The Colts, the Vikings. I mean, I'm looking at this schedule. The Titans, the Steelers, the Jaguars. These are all hobbled teams already. These are all teams that I think the Chargers could win.
The only losses that are glaring that I think could be potential losses is when the Eagles. Come for a night game, but it's in Los Angeles. And then you've got the Chiefs again, and then the Broncos again in Denver. But I mean, I see this team definitely making the playoffs and making a run for it. Maybe going deep into the playoffs this year.
And that's not me being biased. That's just me finally taking a look at the schedule talking to you right now.
Well, Shannon, we talked a lot about what we see on the field with this team. But with the head coach. Jim Harbaugh is one of the more eccentric coaches that we've seen in NFL College over the past several decades. What is it like? covering Jim Harbaugh You know, I, between you and me, I grew up a 49er fan.
So, Jim Harp, a Bay Area person up in the San Francisco Bay Area.
So I knew when he was at Stanford. I was aware of it. He comes to the 49ers, gives that team new life, takes him to the NFC Championship game, I think, three times in four years, takes him to the Super Bowl where he lost to his brother there in New Orleans against the Ravens. He is a culture changer. He did it with every program, whether it was San Diego or Stanford or the 49ers or Michigan and now the Chargers.
The way I've had it talked to me or explained to me is that there's no sit-down with anyone that comes to the Chargers. There's no sit-down when Jim Harbaugh comes to a team. It's just understood. The culture change is just understood. And everyone who's covered him and dealt with Jim Harbaugh, it's not a shtick.
This guy is 110% authentic. What you see is what you get. I mean, he is a different cat. And I think that players respond to that. Players like guys who are honest.
You can't BS a room full of guys who are putting their body and their lives on the line like this. You just can't. And he is. An honest person, you know exactly what you're getting with Jim Harbaugh. And yeah, he's at a left field.
You know, he's quoting the black-eyed peas, you know, the entire song. I've got a feeling last year in front of this group of guys. You know, he's quoting songs from the 70s to these guys. The last time we played in Vegas, he reached into his pants and he pulled a back scratcher out of his pants and he said to the guys, you know, people aren't always going to scratch your back for you. You've got to scratch your own back sometimes.
And he gave all the guys a personalized back scratcher with their name and number on it. You know, he did the same thing with the blue collar work shirts. He did the same thing in San Francisco when he took over there. He did the same thing in the Chargers where he gives every guy like a worker shirt. Like you'd see an electrician or a mechanic wear, those blue collar shirts with their name on the patch and cursive over the left breast, you know, just to show that like, hey, we're all in this together and we got to work.
You got to work for a living. And hard work pays off. And it's not shtick. It's actually who he is. And guys just love it, they eat it up.
Well, it's certainly working out so far this season. I think if they stay healthy without a shadow of a doubt, whether they win. If the AFC West, or they get in as a wild card, I think we can expect to see the Chargers back in the postseason. And I mean, it can't be worse than what we saw last year, so I feel good. About that.
Hey, Shannon, I really appreciate the time. Outside of the sidelines, where can people follow you, listen to you, KFI, fill us in? Oh, thank you. Yeah. At Shannon Farron, S-H-A-N-N-O-N-F-A-R-R-E-N.
You can follow me Twitter, uh, Facebook, uh, Instagram, all of those things. And thank you. Yeah, we do a show in Los Angeles here on KFI Monday to Friday, 9 to 1 p.m., the Gary and Shannon show.
So join us. It's not just Sometimes too. Hey, I hear that. Hey, Shannon, we'll catch you down the line.
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