Will Justin Herbert play against the Cowboys today? Latest injury update for Chargers QB

It sounds crazy, but LA Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert has never played in a preseason game in his NFL career. There were no preseason games in his rookie season, and every year after that, his former head coach Brandon Staley rested all of his key starters during preseason.

Current head coach Jim Harbaugh is more open to the idea of ​​regular players playing in the preseason, but that wasn't important for Herbert. The star quarterback had to wear a walking boot before the first preseason game of the year because of a plantar fascia injury.

However, Herbert's walking shoe was removed before the second preseason game of the year and the quarterback returned to practice on Monday. With Herbert expected to play in Week 1, it is questionable whether he some Prep training against the Dallas Cowboys to help him feel more comfortable on offense.

Although Justin Herbert returned to practice and had a great day on Wednesday, he will not play today against the Dallas Cowboys. Harbaugh has already said that Easton Stick will start the final preseason game of the year, meaning Herbert will not play.

This has no bearing on Herbert's playing time at the start of the regular season. There is absolutely no reason to risk Herbert getting injured again when he is already dealing with a precarious injury. Plus, we don't even know if Harbaugh would have let Herbert play at all, even if he had been completely healthy.

So it will once again be a battle of the backup quarterbacks as Stick looks to prove he's fit for the job behind Herbert. He will be up against Luis Perez, who will likely play the entire second half.

The discussion about the backup quarterback may not seem important anymore since Herbert's injury is going as planned, but it is absolutely important. The best teams in the league invest in their backup quarterbacks so that the entire season doesn't fall apart if the starter has to miss a few games.

And in today's NFL, it is unfortunately common for a starting quarterback to miss a few games.

Neither Stick nor Perez have proven to be great backups, and if they struggle again against the Cowboys, the Chargers may look to outside options. There are plenty of more qualified quarterbacks that the Chargers will likely have at their disposal.