The Chargers’ Justin Herbert had a nightmare performance in the playoff game against the Texans.
Los Angeles Chargers Quarterback Justin Herbert had four interceptions in his team’s 32-12 playoff loss to the Houston Texans on Saturday. Herbert had just three interceptions in the regular season, joining Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers as the only players with three or fewer in a season.
But Herbert never looked like Brady or Rodgers on his disastrous day on Saturday. With four interceptions and just 14 completions on 32 attempts, Herbert had perhaps the worst performance of his career.
That dropped him to 0-2 in the playoffs. His only other playoff game was a historic upset against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2022 wild card round.
Herbert was the target of intense criticism on social media during and after Saturday’s game.
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Saturday’s game also featured a unique moment in NFL playoff history.
Houston’s D’Angelo Ross returned a blocked extra point for two scores in the fourth quarter, the first such play in NFL postseason history.
Houston Texans junior Will Anderson (51) sacks Justin Herbert. (Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
The play came after Ladd McConkey scored on an 86-yard reception early in the fourth quarter. Cameron Dicker’s extra point attempt blocked by Denico Autry.
The ball flew high in the air at the bend and Dicker tried to knock it down, but the ball bounced out of his hands. Ross caught it and returned it for a score that pushed Houston’s lead to 25-12.
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In 2015, the NFL began awarding two points for extra points returned to the end zone. Before that, a blocked extra point recovered by the defense was a dead ball.
According to Sportradar, it was the ninth extra point awarded since the rule change. It happened once during the 2024 regular season, when the Eagles did it on Sept. 29 against Tampa Bay.
Houston Texans’ Denico Autry sacks Los Angeles Chargers’ Justin Herbert during the third quarter of an AFC wild-card game at NRG Stadium, Jan. 11, 2025, in Houston, Texas. (Tim Warner/Getty Images)
With the loss, the Chargers end their season without a playoff win for the sixth consecutive season. They did not win a postseason game in Phillip Rivers’ final postseason with the team after defeating the Baltimore Ravens in the wild card game in 2018.
The Texans won a playoff game for the fourth straight year under CJ Stroud and coach DeMeco Ryans.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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