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 At no point did he look like Brady or Rodgers during his disastrous day Saturday. With four interceptions and just 14 completions on 32 attempts, Herbert had perhaps the worst performance of his career.
It also moved 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 match.
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Saturday’s game also featured a unique moment in NFL playoff history.
Houston’s D’Angelo Ross delivered 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 fires 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 took it and returned it for the score that pushed Houston’s lead to 25-12.
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The NFL began awarding two points in 2015 for an extra point returned into the end zone. Previously, a blocked extra point that was recovered by the defense was a dead ball.
According to Sportradar, it was the ninth extra point returned for a score since the rule change. It happened once in the 2024 regular season, when the Eagles did it on September 29 against Tampa Bay.
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 on January 11, 2025 in Houston, Texas. (Tim Warner/Getty Images)
With the loss, the Chargers end their season without a playoff victory 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 defeated the Baltimore Ravens in a wild-card game.
The Texans won a playoff game for the second year in a row under the leadership of quarterback CJ Stroud and head coach DeMeco Ryans.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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