Week 17 · 2025–26 season

Chargers

L 16-20 vs Texans · Dec 27, 2025

77

Misery Index · Miserable

Chargers fans verbing the word "Chargered" into the dictionary after Dicker missed the four points they lost by.

The emotional rollercoaster

Fan misery across the game window. Up is worse.

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What happened

C.Stroud hit J.Higgins for 75 and J.Noel for 43 inside the first five minutes, and somehow the Chargers still had a chance — Q.Johnston's 60-yard catch set up first-and-goal before J.Herbert's pass found A.Al-Shaair at the 1 instead. O.Hampton's late touchdown made the math close, never the outcome. A home crowd that showed up in Chargers colors watched a team Charger itself in the most familiar way possible.

What fans said

  • “Just comical how much this was done to themselves”

    u/ryan_scafuri▲ 309frustration

  • “But that ending still fuckin blows”

    u/iRubies▲ 141rage

  • “robbed of justin herbert’s 20th career game winning drive”

    u/matt-kennedys-legs▲ 122frustration

  • “Without Herbert this team would be the raiders.”

    u/cornbreadsloth▲ 111pride

  • “Idk what the fuck happened to Dicker but holy shit. Missed 4 points, lost by 4 points.”

    u/BRBgottahunt▲ 32rage

  • “What a fucking chokejob. No two ways around it. This team Chargered about as hard as they possible could today.”

    u/Lineman72T▲ 28rage

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