The Los Angeles Chargers have clinched a playoff spot in the AFC before their final regular season game against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday. Will Los Angele

Quarterback Justin Herbert's best plays from 3-TD game vs. New England Patriots during Week 17 of the 2024 season.

Justin Herbert has caught fire. The offensive line is clicking. And Greg Roman had his best game as the Chargers' offensive play caller.

With Justin Herbert lighting up the passing lanes, our expert NFL predictions expect Herbert to ruin the holiday season for the New England faithful.

Justin Herbert threw three touchdown passes and the Los Angeles Chargers clinched their second playoff appearance in three seasons with a 40-7 victory over the New England Patriots.

Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert meets with the media to discuss having a good connection with WR Ladd McConkey, the upcoming matchup against the Raiders, the impact that WR Derius Davis has been stepping up in place for others,

The key piece to that rebuild is rookie quarterback Drake Maye. Maye has continued to improve as the season has gone along, and Saturday will be another test against a good Chargers defense. However, it is the quarterback play from Justin Herbert that Maye has really noticed.

Downfield, the Pats will face tough matchups across the board, none tougher than Derwin James. The All-Pro safety plays all over Los Angeles’ zone-heavy defense, disguising blitzes and coverages. Maye will need to steer clear of James, while looking for his favorite targets in Hunter Henry, DeMario Douglas and Kayshon Boutte.

The Los Angeles Chargers are going to the playoffs. It likely won't be the last time for the Jim Harbaugh-Justin Herbert combination. Harbaugh came back to the NFL after leading the University of Michigan to a national title and took a historically underachieving Chargers franchise right to the playoffs.

In O'Connell's last encounter with the Chargers in Week 15 of 2023, he threw a career-high four touchdowns in a 63-21 victory. Herbert has a 5-3 career record against the Silver and Black, with a 16:2 touchdown to interception ratio in those eight games.

Coming into the game, Herbert, in his fifth season in the NFL, had amassed 20,466 career passing yards, good for the second-most ever in a player's first five years in league history behind former Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning (20,618). The former Oregon Ducks star needed just 153 yards to break the record.