Justin Herbert is known as one of the smartest players in the NFL. The quarterback went to Oregon intending to study medicine, and in the full story for SI Kids he casually compares the NFL defenses he and Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh dismantle to the proteins he studied in biology. His head is always in the game, and for the Sept./Oct. SI Kids cover, it’s also sitting casually at his hip.
But the question that haunted this concept from the start, and the tale of how it came together, started with a very important question: Is a decapitated Herbert too frightening for kids?
