In the recent season-ending press conference, Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh dropped plenty of noteworthy nuggets. Some included wanting the pondering-retirement Khalil Mack back. Another was how the Chargers feel so ahead of schedule.

The Chargers’ head coach was right to stand up for his quarterback again Wednesday: “He’s the opposite of a house plant. He’s field corn.”

Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh was effusive in his praise of quarterback Justin Herbert throughout the regular season and that isn't changing in the aftermath of the team's playoff loss to the Texans.