Harbaugh said Saturday that he was impressed with the trenches in the win over New England.
“I thought that was the best offensive line play we’ve had the entire season,” Harbaugh said postgame.
He reiterated that sentiment on Monday afternoon.
“Offensive line as a whole, I thought they had a really good day,” Harbaugh said.
Justin Herbert wasn’t sacked as the offense rushed for 147 yards, their highest output since Week 11 against the Bengals.
Jamaree Salyer got the start at right guard with Trey Pipkins III out with a hip injury, but Sam Mustipher also rotated in with Salyer and ended up playing 34 snaps.
Harbaugh explained why Mustipher saw notable playing time in Week 17.
“To rotate in a good player,” Harbaugh said. “Sam, he’s been good. I thought he played really well.
“I’m going to give a game ball to all the five starting offensive lineman and a game ball to Sam as well,” Harbaugh added. “Those six, I thought, had game ball-worthy games.”
Pipkins has started 15 of 17 games this season, 14 of which have been at right guard. He was at right tackle in Week 4 against the Chiefs.
Salyer, meanwhile, has three starts in 2024, a pair of which have been at right guard. He was at left tackle in that Chiefs game.
Harbaugh was noncommittal to a starter going forward but said the Chargers have plenty of depth up front.
“I like them both. Trey’s played really well, Jamaree’s played really well,” Harbaugh said. “It’s great to have that many offensive linemen that have played well and have been healthy the entire season.
“10 on the roster right now on the 53, that’s pretty good, that’s awesome,” Harbaugh added. “Good problems to have.”
5. Offense starting to heat up
There are plenty of stats to show just how good the Bolts offense was on Sunday, most of which can be found here.
Another metric is that the Bolts generated 24.19 Expected Points…
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