Eric Murray is taking the Houston Texans to the next round. On an overthrown ball from Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, Murray picked off the pass for a 38-yard touchdown return, extending the Texans lead by 14. Here’s a look at the play below.
Justin Herbert threw an errant pass in the final minute of the third quarter on Saturday. It wound up in the hands of the Houston Texans' Eric Murry and the home team was up 14 after the pick-six and PAT.
They won the AFC South and will play the Kansas City Chiefs for the right to go to the AFC Championship Game. Yet, they have some hard decisions to make in the offseason regarding re-signing their free agents.
Safety Eric Murray intercepted a Justin Herbert pass in the third quarter and returned it for a score in the Wild Card Playoff versus Los Angeles.
Eric Murray returned one of Justin Herbert’s career-high four interceptions for a touchdown, C.J. Stroud threw a TD pass and the Houston Texans rolled past the Los Angeles Chargers 32-12 in a wild-card playoff game.
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.
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Between stout defensive work and C.J. Stroud’s good-as-ever play under center, the Texans took home a 32-12 AFC wild-card win over the Chargers.
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Houston Texans cornerback Derek Stingley Jr. said the team aims to force three turnovers a game. This was one better.
Houston's 10-7 record was as much a function of playing in a toothless AFC South as anything else. The Texans offense took a step backward after 2023's emergence. C.J. Stroud backslid, a robust receiving corps was waylaid by injuries and the team had exactly one regular season win over a fellow playoff team (in Week 5 over the Buffalo Bills).
Houston Texans running back Joe Mixon ran for a third quarter touchdown to cut the Chiefs lead to just 13-12 in the third quarter.