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#pounditSaturday, January 11, 2025

Everyone said the same thing about the Chargers’ playoff loss

January 11, 2025
by Larry Brown
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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 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.