"You have to feel a little bad for Justin Herbert, who ended Sunday night's 16-3 wild card loss to the New England Patriots by getting treated like a jobber in a Hell In A Cell match. The Patriots' front seven, which sacked Herbert six times, seemed to be trying out various suplexes on him throughout the fourth quarter, and the only real drama left in the game at that point was about whether Herbert would be able to finish it."
"You have to feel a little exhausted by Justin Herbert, too, who is now 0-3 in the playoffs and has once again made meaningless a pile of regular-season statistics that would seem to indicate he's one of the best quarterbacks in the league. All Herbert managed to do on Sunday was complete 19 of his 31 pass attempts for 159 yards."
"If you watched this game, you know that Herbert had more than enough chances to win it. His defense did the hard work of containing Drake Maye and the Patriots offense, holding them to just six points in the first half and creating two turnovers, one of which gifted Herbert a drive that started on the Pats' 10-yard line. And that scrub-loaded offensive line gifted Herbert more time to throw in the first half than his panicked visage and decision-making indicated,"
Justin Herbert finished the 16-3 wild-card loss to the New England Patriots having been sacked six times as the Patriots' front seven repeatedly dominated the fourth quarter. Herbert completed 19 of 31 passes for 159 yards and remains 0-3 in the playoffs, undermining his strong regular-season numbers. The Chargers' patchwork offensive line afforded earlier protection, but Herbert missed multiple opportunities, overthrowing and underthrowing open receivers, abandoning clean pockets, and relying on deep throws seeking pass-interference calls. The defense limited the Patriots and forced turnovers, while Herbert's most effective play was a strip-sack that led to a 17-yard scoop-and-run by Kimani Vidal.
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