Justin Herbert rookie card at silent auction results in meatball sub bidding war

A silent auction at a gym turned a Justin Herbert rookie card into the focus of a joke bidding war, with people offering meatball subs instead of money. The teasing reflects a wider internet gag linking sandwiches to interceptions, and comes as Herbert and the Chargers face a difficult season.

The card, paired with a framed 8×10 photograph, had a starting bid of $250. Bids of one, two and then three meatball subs were posted after a photo of the auction appeared on X. Herbert and Drake Maye were tied for the league lead with 11 interceptions at the time of the article, but the Chargers were 0-8 and averaging 15.1 points per game; they had just lost 44-22 to Houston.