The Chargers’ 2022 season ended on Saturday night after they lost full grasp of a 27-0 lead, only to be defeated by the Jaguars, 31-30.
What seemed to be a ticket punched to the AFC Divisional Round turned into a ticket back to Los Angeles, where the team now has questions looming surrounding the state of the team, from top to bottom.
Following the Bolts’ loss to Jacksonville, here is how social media reacted.
Justin Herbert deserves better man.
So do Chargers fans. Embarrassing.
— Daniel Wade (@dantalkssports) January 15, 2023
They said this was Chargers fan trying to block the kick 😭😭 pic.twitter.com/lyJGDCUven
— Dee (@Deee909) January 15, 2023
BREAKING: Chargers unveil new logo pic.twitter.com/RMC3gAn6ZA
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) January 15, 2023
Congratulations @SeanPayton. Welcome to Los Angeles as the new coach is the @chargers. There is no way Brandon Staley can keep his job after blowing this lead. There’s no coming back from this for him!
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) January 15, 2023
The Chargers when it’s time to lose in embarrassing fashion pic.twitter.com/VCNofRwls2
— Oluwajomiloju (@JomiAdeniran) January 15, 2023
An all-time playoff loss. It didn’t feel like it as it was happening and then all of the sudden Dicker missed the FG at 30-20 and the blood started coming out of the walls of the Chargers Amityville Horror house. https://t.co/nrffO7seBH
— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) January 15, 2023
Long time Chargers fans saw this coming from a mile away. pic.twitter.com/YKbgE0L4M6
— 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤 (@boltupnick) January 15, 2023
Of all the heartbreaking, awful, soul crushing Chargers moments, this has to be the absolute worst heartbreaking, awful, soul crushing Chargers moment of them all.
— Rich Eisen (@richeisen) January 15, 2023
Another fan said this to me…It’s a good thing that we lost because now the Chargers have to make a coaching change. If we won we’d be stuck with them & waste Herbert’s best years and a talented roster. Our players deserve better. I can agree with this opinion. ⚡️
— Jen Mills (@JenniferMills21) January 15, 2023
Philip Rivers to Justin Herbert #LACvsJAX #Chargers pic.twitter.com/rQPc4a0Q84
— OGBilllyMays (@AustinMcDowell) January 15, 2023
The Chargers just enacted ‘Chargering’ in a way I’m not sure I’ve seen before.
Unreal how that even happened. Zero excuses for the Chargers, unbelievable stuff from the Jaguars.
One of the craziest things I’ve seen happen in the NFL and that’s saying something.
— Nick Farabaugh (@FarabaughFB) January 15, 2023
Sean Payton wants the Chargers job. It’s the only job he has really wanted as he watched this season from his home in Manhattan Beach, which is a few miles from where the Chargers are building their new training facility. The question now is how badly do the Chargers want him?
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) January 15, 2023
I can't believe what we just watched, and at the same time it's completely predictable.
Chargers did it again.
— Rich Ohrnberger (@ohrnberger) January 15, 2023
Herbert wears this in a major way. The Chargers scored three points in the second half. He missed a lay-up TD to Keenan Allen in the second quarter, costing them four points.
Was Herbert the main culprit? No, the coaching is absurd, but Herbert has to take blame too. https://t.co/udfBLYC1LL
— Matt Verderame (@MattVerderame) January 15, 2023