Through three weeks, the Los Angeles Chargers look like one of the best teams in the NFL. They have impressed in the regular season before, but this season the franchise is exuding a different aura. The Jim Harbaugh effect is definitely part of it, as the head coach gets more settled in during his second year with the squad, but LA's cornerstones are also performing at an elite level.
Harbaugh extolled quarterback Justin Herbert and safety Derwin James Jr. for the integral roles they both played in the Chargers' 23-20 win versus the visiting Denver Broncos. He likened their ability to lift the squad to victory to what some of the greatest NBA players of all-time have done.
“Football's such a team sport that would rarely happen, but it was the case in this game,” the 2023-24 n