He continued his big plays in the second half, and none bigger than his chase down sack of Geno Smith on fourth down that gave the offense the ball back with under four minutes to go.
Henley agreed with his head coach — his medicine was being out on the field.
"I felt my best when I made a play and felt my \[worst\] when I touched the sideline," Henley said. "No doubt. Every time I hit the sideline, I was short of breath, I just needed oxygen. I had the oxygen tank next to me the whole game.
"He was 100 percent right," Henley said about Harbaugh. "Every time I made a play and I was on the field, I felt my best."
His tough performance was heavily praised by his teammates after the game, as they knew the things the 25-year-old pushed through to stay out there.
**[Derwin James, Jr.](https://www.chargers.com/team/players-roster/derwin-james/)**, saw it firsthand and gave him his praise in the locker room.
"Daiyan is a warrior," James said about Henley. "Y'all didn't get to see, but the whole week he's been down, can't even get out of bed and he went out here and gave us everything he had today.
"Really a Flu Game for him," James added. "A lot of respect for that boy because I don't know how he did it today, I'm not going to lie to y'all."
From being questionable to play to one of the best games of his young career, Henley showed off his toughness and put it all out there in primetime in an inspiring effort.
And he made the plays when needed to help move the Bolts to two consecutive wins to start the season.
"Just being out there and it happening this way, it made me appreciate my guys being around me," Henley said. "At a certain point, I felt like I was just running around, just making sure I was where I was supposed to be. But plays came and I was able to make the ones I needed to make."
He later added: "2-0, team win and whatever I do as an individual, it's shoutout to my team. Let's keep it going, keep it rolling."