Everyone was saying the same thing Saturday about the Los Angeles Chargers’ playoff loss to the Houston Texans.
The Chargers lost 32-12 to the Texans at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, on Saturday night in their Wild Card Round playoff game. The Chargers were looking in control early as they kicked a field goal on their opening drive and then recovered a Texans fumble, which they turned into another field goal to lead 6-0. They allowed a touchdown in the second quarter, and then a quick field goal by Houston just before halftime to make it 10-6.
Being down 10-6 at the half wasn’t great, but it wasn’t terrible either. It wasn’t until later in the second half that the Chargers started to fall apart.
Justin Herbert threw a pick-six in the third quarter that made it 20-6 in favor of Houston. Herbert was intercepted on the ensuing drive too, which led to another three points for Houston. The Chargers responded with an 86-yard touchdown by Ladd McConkey, only to have their extra point attempt blocked and returned the other way for a 2-point conversion. After that, the Texans went on another long touchdown drive, while Herbert threw a fourth and final interception to seal the loss.
The way the Chargers completely fell apart with interceptions and a blocked extra point returned for a 2-point conversion had fans saying the same thing: chargering had occurred.
The @chargers : 3 interceptions, 2 blocked kicks including one run back for 2 points. “Chargering”
— trey wingo (@wingoz) January 12, 2025
Chargers, Chargering. 😍#RaiderNation pic.twitter.com/uFL6ssrcR0
— Murf 🏴☠️ (@_Murf) January 12, 2025
Has to hurt so bad to be a Charger fan, hire a highly successful, culture builder head coach, successfully beat the Chargering allegations several times in the regular season. And then, in the playoffs — oops! all Chargering!
— David Helman (@davidhelman_) January 12, 2025
this may be the most chargerous chargering in a long history
— Doug Farrar ✍ (@NFL_DougFarrar) January 12, 2025
This is absolutely prime Chargering.
— Will Carson (@WillCarsonY) January 12, 2025
The Chargers have a horrible reputation for blowing games where everything that can go wrong does go wrong. They seemed to have gotten past that when they hired Jim Harbaugh and went 11-6. But things still went terribly wrong in their playoff game on Saturday.
