Chargers Justin Herbert got a nightmare performance in the playoff meltdown against the Texans
Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert threw four interceptions in his team’s 32-12 playoff loss to the Houston Texans on Saturday. Herbert threw just three interceptions during the regular season, joining Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers as the only running backs to throw three or fewer in a season.
But Herbert he didn’t look like Brady or Rodgers at any point during his disastrous day on Saturday. With four interceptions and just 14 hits from 32 attempts, Herbert had possibly the worst performance of his career.
It also dropped him to 0-2 in the playoffs. His only other playoff game was a historic shutout against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2022 wild-card round.
Herbert was the target of heavy criticism on social media during and after Saturday’s game.
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Saturday’s game also represented a unique moment in NFL playoff history.
Houston’s D’Angelo Ross returned a blocked extra point for two points in the fourth quarter, the first such play in NFL postseason history.
Will Anderson Jr. (51) from the Houston Texans released 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 into the air on a deflection and Dicker tried to knock it down, but it bounced into his hands. Ross grabbed it and returned it for a score that extended Houston’s lead to 25-12.
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The NFL began awarding two points for an extra point returned in the end zone in 2015. Prior to that, a blocked extra point returned by the defense was a dead ball.
It was the ninth extra point returned for a result since the rule change, according to Sportradar. It happened once in the 2024 regular season when the Eagles did it against Tampa Bay on September 29th.
Denico Autry of the Houston Texans sacks Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers in the third quarter of the AFC wild-card game at NRG Stadium on January 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 haven’t won a playoff game since Phillip Rivers’ last postseason appearance with the team in 2018, when they beat the Baltimore Ravens in the wild card game.
The Texans won the playoffs for the second year in a row, led by running back CJ Stroud and head coach DeMeco Ryans.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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