Jim Harbaugh went to bat for his quarterback after fans criticized Justin Herbert for his performance in the Los Angeles Chargers' wild-card loss to

After Saturday's loss to the Houston Texans, the discourse machine around the Los Angeles Chargers fired up to an unprecedented degree. Of course, that's what usually happens when a team gets beaten as badly as the Chargers did on Saturday;

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert is under a whole lot of fire right now after his miserable performance against the Houston Texans in the Wild Ca

To put it frankly, Los Angeles almost looked under-prepared for Houston in the wild-card matchup. Herbert finished the day with 242 passing yards, one touchdown, and four interceptions while throwing a 43.7% completion percentage. It was one of the worst playoff performances from a quarterback in the last decade.

In his first season back in the NFL, Jim Harbaugh made plenty of strides in rebuilding the Los Angeles Chargers.

Days after one of the worst games of Chargers QB Justin Herbert's career, which included four interceptions in a wild-card playoff loss to the Texans, coach Jim Harbaugh blamed himself for Herbert's performance.

Justin Herbert's four-interception performance in the Los Angeles Chargers wild-card loss will go down as an ugly, memorable performance. However, is there a deeper meaning behind the dreadful performance?

Despite helping lead the Chargers to 11 victories — their most since 2018 — it has been a mixed season statistically for Herbert. He averaged a career-low 227.6 passing yards per game, but has a career-best 101.7 passer rating.

The Los Angeles Chargers were flat-out dominated by the Houston Texans as their season came to an end during the Wildcard Round of the NFL playoffs. It certainly wasn't quarterback Justin Herbert's best game.

Justin Herbert struggled mightily in the Los Angeles Chargers' playoff loss, but that defeat only emphasized the team's biggest offseason priority.