Chargers QB Justin Herbert looks totally different after first haircut in 2 years
Justin Herbert has spent the last eight weeks as starting quarterback for the Los Angeles Chargers, and in that time the world has become very familiar with his look. The 22-year-old has made quite an impression on the NFL world with his chin length brown hair and goatee.
Unfortunately, Herbert decided that he couldn’t look like a Jethro Tull roadie forever. Before his video conference with the media on Wednesday, he got a haircut for the first time in two years. And he emerged looking like an entirely different person.
BREAKING: Justin Herbert got a haircut. pic.twitter.com/EEU2IoEalm
— Daniel Popper (@danielrpopper) November 18, 2020
OK, who is that? It looks like a quarterback from a local high school wandered into the Chargers facility and started taking over Herbert’s life. Did anyone know that Herbert is Doogie Howser the quarterback? Is he Benjamin Button-ing? Will he be a 10-year-old by the time he suits up for Sunday’s game?
The man responsible, according to Herbert, is Chargers strength and conditioning coach John Lott.
Justin Herbert said #Chargers strength and conditioning coach John Lott cut his hair. "He said he was good with the clippers," Herbert said. "I think he did a good job." https://t.co/WFeELdztoM
— Daniel Popper (@danielrpopper) November 18, 2020
Haircut provokes strong reactions
Thanks to Lott’s handiwork with the “clippers,” it’s quite a transformation. People on Twitter were shocked by it. To work through their shock, they did what they always do: make jokes.
The craziest part about Justin Herbert being the frontrunner for Rookie of the Year is that he's only 14 years old. https://t.co/ZsUIsfK6oS
— Field Yates (@FieldYates) November 18, 2020
the dolphins broke justin herbert. https://t.co/dRTzIv44Ig
— josh houtz (@houtz) November 18, 2020
why does justin herbert look like sid from toy story pic.twitter.com/vYeyFctZM8
— 𝓜𝓪𝓽𝓽 🏀✈️ (@mldiffley) November 18, 2020
Turns out Justin Herbert is two kids in a trench coat pretending to be a grownup https://t.co/uodrgZnUeP
— Eric Stangel (@EricStangel) November 18, 2020
Justin Herbert, worst haircut decision since pic.twitter.com/INvDrpF86I
— Lindsay Jones (@bylindsayhjones) November 18, 2020
Unfortunately Justin Herbert is OUT this week vs the Jets because he got a C+ on his AP Bio test and got grounded. https://t.co/YPEhgkR7IC
— Brett Kollmann (@BrettKollmann) November 18, 2020
Herbert’s decision to have Lott cut his hair was a puzzling one, as many pointed out. Given Lott’s own history of questionable haircuts, he caught a decent amount of flack for his, uh, hair artistry.
Justin Herbert became the Chargers’ starting QB because a Chargers staffer stabbed the first-string QB in the lung and somehow still thought it was smart to trust another Chargers employee with scissors https://t.co/Mbx0dbYbzN
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) November 18, 2020
you really, really, really, really, really, really, really have to question Justin Herbert's judgment on this one pic.twitter.com/JOsvBOyQql
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger) November 18, 2020
#Chargers QB Justin Herbert (left) got a haircut from John Lott (right). What a great way to start a Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/uCxZpNGgud
— Fernando Ramirez (@RealFRamirez) November 18, 2020
Herbert’s cut didn’t get Lott any new customers, at least not on the Chargers.
Trai Turner on getting a haircut from John Lott: “I’m cool on that one.” #Chargers
— Gilbert Manzano (@GManzano24) November 18, 2020
No matter what anyone thinks, Herbert’s hair is gone. He made the decision to cut it off and it can’t be put back on. If the Chargers win on Sunday, it’ll be heralded as the best decision any Chargers player or coach has made all season. If they lose yet again despite the style change, we can all blame the haircut. Since the hair is gone, the remedy might just be cutting off what little hair he has left. Hopefully he doesn’t take his eyebrows off too.
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