After two hard weeks, the Los Angeles Chargers finally bounced back and overcame a litany of injuries to defeat the Miami Dolphins in thrilling fashion! So what did we learn?

Tre Harris Deserves Snaps

For weeks, Tre Harris has been used primarily as a blocker in the run game and sparingly as a pass catcher. This past week, he led the Chargers' skill players in offensive snaps with 53, showing that he took all of the injured Quentin Johnston’s snaps as the full-time X receiver. Tre Harris showed flashes in the pass game and continued to be the best blocker among the WR corps, and it is very hard to imagine a world where he doesn’t carve out a role in this offense going forward. His numbers are not eye-popping by any means, but it’s clear that the Chargers staff views him highly.

Ladd McConkey, WR1

Staying local to the WR Room, we bring our attention to Ladd McConkey, the highest-rated Charger in Week 6 according to PFF. McConkey has faced criticism for his slow start out of the gates, but it was only a matter of time before Justin Herbert rekindled his connection with the Georgia product. Herbert has now found McConkey in the endzone each of the last two contests, as well as enabling his first 100-yard performance of the 2025 season this past Sunday against Miami.

McConkey has dominated target shares for the Bolts thus far, so his return to form should not be unexpected, especially given the circumstances of the offense with no Quentin Johnston vs Miami and a shoddy O-line. This is an offense where Ladd’s ability to find separation quickly underneath is paramount to success. Even with the return of Q imminent, I expect McConkey to continue to retain his rightful place as WR1 in the eyes of both Herbert and play caller Greg Roman.

Benjamin St-Juste Deserves His Flowers

It's a signing that was once totally ripped to shreds, but the former Washington Commander has turned heads during this early stretch of the season. St-Juste was forced into action earlier in the year due to an injury to Cam Hart, and has not just been serviceable, but has done enough to cut into a healthy Hart’s playing time. BSJ is all the way up to 37% snap share on defense, his highest of the year when both he and Hart are healthy, contrary to Hart’s 39% which would be his lowest of the year when both he and St-Juste are healthy.

Truthfully, it’s not hard to see why. If I were to tell you before the season that St-Juste would be the highest-rated corner on the Chargers, would you believe me? Well, he is! With an 81.2 PFF grade, St-Juste is the eighth-highest ranked corner in the NFL–albeit in limited action–and the highest rated Chargers corner. And while PFF’s word isn’t gospel, the eye test has shown it too; St-Juste has finally gotten to a point where he’s mixing his freakish athleticism with sound ability, making for plays like we saw on Sunday. St-Juste he undercut an in-breaking route, diving in front of Devon Achane and making an impressive INT that put the Chargers in the drivers seat to take home a huge early season W. This play becomes a lot more significant when you take into account Cam Hart had an opportunity to make Tua pay on an extremely late throw to the boundary and couldn’t. For a defense that needs to find a way to force more turnovers, it is important to note who is making them happen and who isn’t.

The Tagovalioa Versus Herbert Debate Is Dead and Buried

Not long ago, Justin Herbert was a social media quarterback, and Tua Tagovailoa was the guy who “just gets the job done”. Fast forward to today, and there is reason to believe that Tua may be in his last season as the Dolphins’ signal caller. Meanwhile, Justin Herbert has his team in first place of the AFC West after orchestrating a clutch game-winning drive, his 18th since entering the league (behind only Patrick Mahomes’ 19 in that same span). As Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel calls Tua’s postgame comments on Sunday “misguided”, Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is describing Justin Herbert’s game-winning throw to McConkey on Sunday as something that “will be burned in my brain until they throw dirt on top of me”. These two QBs never were, and never will be in the same stratosphere; their coaches know it, the league knows it, it’s about time the media and fans know it. To quote WWE’s LA Knight, “That’s not an insult, that’s just a fact of life.”