It’s not often you get to see a matchup of two Oregon Duck football legends like this.
The Los Angeles Chargers travel to Atlanta to take on the Falcons in Week 9 (Nov. 6) of the NFL schedule that was announced today. That means Duck fans will receive a treat to watch Charger quarterback Justin Herbert go up against Atlanta’s Marcus Mariota.
These two teams are on different trajectories as Los Angeles will be a playoff contender while the Falcons are rebuilding. Mariota signed with Atlanta as a free agent after seemingly wasting his time as a backup for the Las Vegas Raiders.
Now with the Falcons, the former Heisman winner will be the starting QB and hopefully resurrect his, what was at least, a very promising career. It won’t be easy as Atlanta is starting over after trading their franchise Matt Ryan to the Indianapolis Colts.
As for Herbert, he’s making great strides in becoming the next great Charger, following in the footsteps of Phillip Rivers and another Oregon Duck legend and NFL Hall of Famer Dan Fouts.
Oregon fans will have to eat breakfast while watching their two favorite quarterbacks go at it as the game will be on FOX for a 10 a.m. PST kickoff.