The Los Angeles Chargers had a solid run during the season, making it to the playoffs, but they fell in a disappointing manner, with Justin Herbert becoming the target of all kinds of criticism. Derwin James had to step in to lend a hand to his quarterback.

Despite being road favorites, things did not go to plan yesterday for Khalil Mack, Justin Herbert, and the Los Angeles Chargers in their AFC Wild Card

Midway through the third quarter, James appeared to have intercepted a pass from C.J. Stroud that was intended for Dalton Schultz and returned it 46 yards to the Chargers 41-yard line. Instead, the referees overturned the play and ruled that James did not have control of the football.

Justin Herbert throws four interceptions as the Chargers struggle to find rhythm on offense in a 32-12 loss to the Texans in the AFC wild-card playoffs.

The Chargers lost to the Houston Texans 32-12 on Saturday at NRG Stadium. A dramatic turnaround engineered by coach Jim Harbaugh ended with a whimper in the wild-card round. Herbert threw four interceptions. He had never turned the ball over more than twice in any game in his professional career.

Eric Murray returned one of Justin Herbert’s career-high four interceptions for ... after a catch on Houston’s first offensive play and it was recovered by Derwin James. Dicker added a 39-yard field goal on the ensuing drive to make it 6-0.

Meanwhile, Houston's defense suffocated Justin Herbert and Co. for almost the entire game ... What a fantastic interception by Derwin James, going up and snatching the ball out of the air in a 50-50 situation with Dalton Schultz. Wow.

The Texans’ defense tallied four interceptions (two by cornerback Derek Stingley Jr.) and four sacks while holding the Chargers to 3-of-11 on third-down attempts. Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert threw three interceptions in the entire regular season.

While James pick and return didn't count, Mixon's penalty on the return did. Since the penalty was a personal foul call, it was applied after the play was over regardless of the outcome. Therefore, the officials enforced the penalty on the Texans offense, backing them up to second-and-30.

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert had just three passes intercepted in the full 18 weeks of the regular season. He matched that total in just over three quarters against the Houston Texans in Saturday's wild card matchup. He surpassed it with ...

EL SEGUNDO — Derwin James Jr. was named the AFC’s Defensive Player of the Month on Thursday, because, of course he was. Over the final weeks of the regular season, the Chargers’ standout safety had 28 tackles, three sacks, seven tackles for loss ...

The Chargers were favored in their road wild-card playoff game at the Texans but they had no chance to win with quarterback Justin Herbert turning in an atrocious performance.