Gutsy 2-Point Play Leads Bolts Past Cardinals

2. Herbert comes up clutch

The Bolts franchise quarterback was on full display win Week 12.

And, after two weeks of the Chargers falling short in a late 2-minute drill, Herbert made sure this time was different.

“Lost a bunch of players throughout the game, he never flinches,” Staley said. “There was a lot of pressure in that second half and he always keeps poise and never loses his belief. I thought he made a lot of winning plays on that two-minute drive, just a lot of big plays.

“When you really needed him in the clutch, he delivered. What I told the team was the two weeks prior, a two-minute drive, it didn’t go down for him,” Staley added. “That’s what it’s like when you’re a quarterback in the NFL, you’re not going to make every two-minute drive. But the thing he has going for him is that our entire organization believes he’s going to make it, so he brought us back. Game ball for him, big time performance, we wouldn’t have won without him.”

Herbert’s overall stat line saw him complete 35 of 47 passes for 274 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions for a passer rating of 109.7.

But he was money on the final drive, completing six of seven attempts for 48 yards and the touchdown to Ekeler.

“Just keep swinging. We’ve dealt with a bunch of adversity this year and we haven’t flinched. I wish it went differently the past two weeks,” Herbert said of close losses to the 49ers and Chiefs. “The defense did a great job of getting us the ball and stopping them and letting us go down and score.

“For us to be able to get that opportunity today and figure it out for our defense, we’ve got so much respect for that side of the ball that we just want to hold our own,” Herbert added.

Herbert threw touchdown passes to Allen, DeAndre Carter and Ekeler in Week 12.

But his biggest play might have been a third-and-7 screen play for 10 yards to Ekeler that Herbert audibled to on the final drive.

“We were running low on the play clock. We got out there and lined up pretty late,” Herbert…