Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert, according to most, is a consensus top-10 quarterback in football, and some even have him in or near the top five.

But for me, there’s one problem with that — what has he done in his career to deserve such a high accolade?

Yes, I get the talent, and it is obvious, but eventually that talent has to lead to winning, right?

In his career, Herbert is 52-43 in six seasons, which is slightly above average, but in the playoffs? It gets worse with Justin 0-3, and it is here where a nasty narrative is beginning to take hold.

The Athletic’s Josh Kendall and Chad Graff released their NFL power rankings, placing the Chargers at No. 12, and the biggest takeaway was that Herbert’s “playoff thing is real.”

“The Chargers quarterback was 19-of-31 for 159 yards in a 16-3 wild-card playoff loss to the Patriots,” The Athletic wrote. “Since Herbert joined the league in 2020, he is 34th among playoff quarterbacks in postseason EPA (minus-0.21). In three career postseason games, he has four interceptions and two touchdowns.”

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Herbert has to flip the script in playoffs

Often, the playoffs are where reputations are enhanced, but for Herbert, it appears his is diminishing, and now there are thoughts that this might take hold for the rest of his career.

At 0-3 in the playoffs, Herbert hasn’t had one good game in those three, and his highest completion percentage is just 61.3. He’s also taken 13 sacks and has an average passer rating of just 64.7.

So that isn’t great, and now all eyes are going to be on Herbert the next time he plays in the postseason, because like it or not, for a quarterback who is so universally seen as a top player in football, he’s struggled when the lights are at their brightest…three consecutive times.

Make of that what you will.

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