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.
The Houston Texans fell to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Divisional Round on Saturday, and after the defeat, they discussed what happened.
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.
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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.
The Texans intercepted four passes by Justin Hebert of the Chargers and C.J. Stroud sparked the offense to advance.
As Houston prepares for its divisional round matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs, Ryans has his defense playing at its best.
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).
It would seem that the Houston Texans hit a couple of home runs in 2023 when they hired head coach DeMeco Ryans and drafted quarterback C.J. Stroud.