Herbert is 0-2 in the playoffs
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Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert threw four interceptions in his team's 32-12 playoff loss to the Houston Texans Saturday. Herbert threw just three interceptions during the regular season, joining Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers as the only quarterbacks to throw three or fewer in a season.
But Herbert didn't resemble Brady or Rodgers at any point during his calamitous day Saturday. With four interceptions and just 14 completions on 32 attempts, Herbert had, arguably, the worst performance of his career.
It also dropped him to 0-2 in the playoffs. His only other playoff game was the historic collapse 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.
Herbert after his third INT pic.twitter.com/e0KfSGQ088
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) January 12, 2025
Justin Herbert in the playoffs… pic.twitter.com/YxUUSLGhLY
— AB (@AB84) January 12, 2025
I was never wrong about Justin Herbert. I was only first.
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) January 12, 2025
I’ve never said Justin Herbert was bad, he’s not. I’ve only said that he was overrated and over praised. Both of which have never been more obviously true.#SocialMediaQuarterback pic.twitter.com/lpBL1D4Smb
Justin Herbert’s been in 2 playoff games in 5 years.
— nick wright (@getnickwright) January 12, 2025
In both games, he was a road favorite against an AFC South champ that precisely no one believed in.
In both games, he played about as poorly as one can play in the 2nd half, leading to horrific losses.
“But the arm talent!”
If I hear 1 more thing about Justin Herbert. Guy SUCKS
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) January 12, 2025
Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh was kidnapped by Dirty Bubble with 11:39 left in the 2nd quarter.
— The Sporting News (@sportingnews) January 12, 2025
After that moment:
🔻 Justin Herbert threw 4 INTs
🔻 Chargers were outscored 32-6
🔻 Chargers lost the game pic.twitter.com/m33CQZdQmb
Saturday's game also featured 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.
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Will Anderson Jr. (51) of the Houston Texans 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 was blocked by Denico Autry.
The ball flew high in the air on the deflection and Dicker tried to knock it down, but it bounced off his hands. Ross grabbed it and returned it for the score that pushed Houston’s lead to 25-12.
The NFL began awarding two points for an extra point returned to the end zone in 2015. Before that, a blocked extra point recovered by the defense was a dead ball.
It was the ninth extra point returned for a score since the rule change, according to Sportradar. It happened once in the 2024 regular season when the Eagles did it against Tampa Bay Sept. 29.
Denico Autry of the Houston Texans sacks Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers in 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 straight season. They haven't won a playoff game since Phillip Rivers' last postseason run with the team in 2018, when they beat the Baltimore Ravens in a wild-card game.
The Texans won a playoff game for the second straight year, led by quarterback C.J. Stroud and head coach DeMeco Ryans.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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