«The thing that was going through my mind was no sacks.»
«The thing that was going through my mind was no sacks.»
Jim Harbaugh will never forget the sequence.
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert escaped the Dolphins’ pass rush and zipped a pass to Ladd McConkey for a 42-yard catch-and-run, stunning Miami’s home crowd in the final minute of Sunday’s back-and-forth matchup.
The play set up Cameron Dicker’s fifth field goal of the game, sealing the Chargers’ 29-27 win.
“He’s able to just mighty-man it and shake it off and hit Ladd McConkey,” said Harbaugh, LA’s second-year coach. “I’m going to remember that play until they throw dirt over top of me. That’s how great I feel about that.”
The Dolphins overcame a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter and took the lead when Tua Tagovailoa threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Darren Waller with 46 seconds remaining.
Nyheim Hines set the Chargers up at their 41 with a 40-yard return of the ensuing kickoff. On second-and-10, Herbert stepped up in the pocket, got free from the grasp of Jaelan Phillips and threw a short pass to McConkey, who broke a tackle and ran out of bounds at the Miami 17. Dicker’s 33-yard kick won it for Los Angeles (4-2), which snapped a two-game skid.
“The thing that was going through my mind was no sacks,” Herbert said. “A race against time. I felt like I could stay up and get the ball off. I saw Ladd. He did a great job running across the middle and extending the play.
