Coach Staley Provides Update on Justin Herbert

3. Jackson makes season debut

Chargers cornerback J.C. Jackson made his Chargers debut in Week 2. He did not play in Week 1 as he recovered from a procedure on his ankle.

Jackson played all 57 snaps on defense, and was one of four total players to do so along with Derwin James, Jr., Asante Samuel, Jr. and Nasir Adderley.

Staley said he was pleased with his Jackson fared in his first action of the season.

“It was great to have him back out there. I felt like his conditioning was good enough. He’s a really good athlete, I think he worked really hard to get back, but I thought that he got into a pretty good flow in the game. That’s what we were trying to do was get him in rhythm. I thought he competed in the game. He gives us a real element to our defense that is going to really maximize our group. It was great to get him off the ground last night in a big game like that. I really liked the way that he competed in the game.”

Staley also noted that the play where Jackson was in coverage on a 41-yard touchdown wasn’t the cornerback’s fault, even though he was the nearest defender on the play.

“There should be a middle-of-the-field safety. He’s playing it exactly how he should,” Staley said of Jackson. “There should be a post safety that should be making an interception on that play. The field safety didn’t rotate to the post. J.C. Jackson was not beat on that play. He was playing the perfect leverage.

“He should be lag underneath the guy and the middle-of-the-field safety should be making that interception,” Staley added. “The ball, probably, wouldn’t have even gone there. it probably would get thrown away, but we were in the wrong rotation.”

4. Further explanation of 4th downs

Staley’s aggressiveness on fourth downs was a hot offseason topic around the league.

Two games into 2022, there’s been a bit of a chance in that area, including punting twice on fourth-and-2 inside Kansas City territory on Thursday night.

The Chargers also kicked a short field goal on fourth down on…