{"id":660472,"date":"2026-01-07T07:01:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/660472\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T07:01:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:01:19","slug":"why-jim-harbaugh-is-ready-for-2nd-straight-playoff-appearance-with-chargers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/660472\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Jim Harbaugh is Ready For 2nd Straight Playoff Appearance With Chargers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/team\/coaches-roster\/jim-harbaugh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jim Harbaugh<\/a> is back in the playoffs once again.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers Head Coach has led the team to back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time since 2008-09 after another 11-win season.<\/p>\n<p>The Chargers are the <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/news\/justin-herbert-playoff-patriots-wild-card-round-game-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">No. 7 seed<\/a> in the AFC playoff field and will face the Patriots, as Harbaugh is fired up for his <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chargers.com\/news\/injury-updates-patriots-jim-harbaugh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">second playoff appearance<\/a> leading the powder blue.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ready to have at it. I know it&#8217;s only Monday, but that&#8217;s the kind of energy that&#8217;s in the building,&#8221; Harbaugh said.<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh has now led teams to the playoffs in five of his six seasons as an NFL Head Coach.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, Harbaugh has a 7-7 record as both a player and coach in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>He went 2-3 as a starting quarterback in the 1990s and has a 5-4 mark as both Chargers and 49ers Head Coach.<\/p>\n<p>As the No. 7 seed, the Bolts will start on the road, a place Harbaugh has seen success during his time in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh is 5-4 in his career on the road in the playoffs as both a player and coach in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s another chance for the 62-year-old Harbaugh to make his mark on the playoffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jim Harbaugh is back in the playoffs once again. The Chargers Head Coach has led the team to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[93078,37,7,34,95236,6,84],"class_list":["post-660472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-playoffs","tag-2025-playoff-editorial","tag-app-homepage","tag-football","tag-homepage-cp","tag-los-angeles-chargers-at-new-england-patriots-2025-post-1","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-playoffs"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115852534442827174","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}