Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert had a recreation to neglect towards the Houston Texans within the AFC wild-card spherical.
Herbert was 14-of-32 for 242 yards with one passing landing and 4 interceptions within the Chargers’ 32-12 loss to the Texans.
“I simply must be higher,” Herbert said.
The 4 interceptions have been uncharacteristic of Herbert, who threw simply three interceptions in 504 cross makes an attempt throughout the common season.
Herbert was pressured usually and sacked 3 times and mentioned he did a poor job of dealing with the strain from the Texans protection.
Herbert put the blame on his shoulders after the sport when he spoke to the media.
“It is robust, I let the crew down,” Herbert mentioned. “You possibly can’t flip over the ball like that and anticipate to win and I put the crew in a tricky place with 4 turnovers like that.”
The theme of Herbert’s information convention was “not placing the ball into hurt’s method.” Herbert famous he was too aggressive down the sector and needs to be higher at ball placement or throwing it away.
“It is on me to guard the ball and be higher about that,” Herbert mentioned.
The quarterback usually receives an excessive amount of reward when issues are going properly and an excessive amount of criticism when issues go sideways, and that is exactly what Herbert should endure from critics after a tricky playoff loss. Herbert is now 0-2 in his profession within the postseason.
The Chargers went 11-6 within the common season and improved vastly below head coach Jim Harbaugh throughout his first yr on the job after the franchise went 5-12 in 2023. Nevertheless, when a season ends it is all the time a bitter tablet to swallow, particularly for Herbert, who feels he is the rationale why the Chargers misplaced.
