Chargers News: Former Patriots Exec Prescribes Top Needs For Justin Herbert To Win

Can he take a leap in the Jim Harbaugh era?

Your Los Angeles Chargers have completely reinvented their decision makers beyond the field this offseason, but as of this writing have yet to fully reconfigure the club's roster around talented young Pro Bowl quarterback Justin Herbert.

Scott Pioli, who won three Super Bowls with the dynasty-era Tom Brady/Bill Belichick New England Patriots, unpacked how LA can best serve Herbert in the podcast Bleav In Chargers, hosted by Matt "Money" Smith and Lorenzo Neal.

"When I talked about when I took about production from the quarterback position, it has nothing to do with statistics," Pioli revealed. "There's a lot of people that put up great statistics, but if they don't have the infrastructure around them, they don't necessarily win. And to me, the only metrics that matters with the quarterback in terms of production is winning."

Elsewhere, Pioli explained how LA GM Joe Hortiz could best sere Herbert.

"Here's what I'll say about Chargers," Pioli added. "Part of what you need to be as a good quarterback is you do need to have the right coach, the right coordinator and the right people around you and folks are going to buy in. You have to have the right offensive line."

"It doesn't mean you have to have five Pro Bowlers, but you have to have, I think, one of the best awkward offseason acquisitions that the Chargers have made this year already is Mike Devlin," Pioli noted. "He's going to make that offensive line better and that's really going to help Justin Herbert. They have the right guy. They've just got to get him becoming productive in terms of wins, if that makes sense."