Justin Herbert will be under immense pressure to succeed with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2025. He did see success this past season, in his first year under head coach Jim Harbaugh. The Chargers, who went 5-12 in 2023, bounced back with an 11-6 record this season and made the Wild Card.

After the Texans embarrassed Justin Herbert’s Los Angeles Chargers in the AFC Wild Card game on Saturday, you can toss that narrative out the window. Thanks to Ryans’ steady hand and guidance at the helm of a relentless, well-schooled Houston defense, the Texans upended everyone’s expectations.

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;