{"id":671599,"date":"2026-01-12T14:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/671599\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:32:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:32:13","slug":"john-harbaugh-rumors-are-good-news-for-giants-falcons-titans-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/671599\/","title":{"rendered":"John Harbaugh rumors are good news for Giants, Falcons, Titans, Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we turn the page to this week, the expectation is former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/baltimore-ravens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Baltimore Ravens<\/a> head coach John Harbaugh will begin head-coaching interviews with interested parties.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/nfl\/news\/john-harbaugh-matt-lafleur-nfl-coaching-cycle\/#\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS Sports&#8217; Jonathan Jones<\/a>, Harbaugh will schedule interviews this week and sources say there are four teams specifically to keep an eye on for Harbaugh.<\/p>\n<p>Those four teams are the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/new-york-giants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New York Giants<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/atlanta-falcons\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Falcons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/tennessee-titans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tennessee Titans<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/cleveland-browns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jones adds that the Giants and Falcons are believed to be the favorites, followed by the Titans. A separate source told Jones that &#8220;there is real and mutual interest&#8221; between Harbaugh and the Browns.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Jones&#8217; full report:<\/p>\n<p>Two sources on interested teams said their belief is Harbaugh&#8217;s top choices among the vacant jobs are the\u00a0New York Giants\u00a0and\u00a0Atlanta Falcons\u00a0in some order. Those sources added the\u00a0Tennessee Titans\u00a0are in third place, while a third, different source said there is real and mutual interest between Harbaugh and the\u00a0Cleveland Browns.<\/p>\n<p>There was a rumor floating around that Harbaugh was demanding a $20 million salary and full roster control, but Jones says that is not accurate.<\/p>\n<p>One thing to watch in all this is the eliminated playoff teams that could fire their head coach, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Green Bay Packers<\/a>, for example.<\/p>\n<p>Matt LaFleur was <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/packers-matt-lafleur-to-meet-after-season-ends-to-discuss-extending-contract\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">expected to be safe<\/a> before Green Bay&#8217;s season-ending loss, but it remains to be seen if the Packers might change their mind after the brutal collapse against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/us\/nfl\/chicago-bears\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chicago Bears<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s very possible Harbaugh could have interest in Green Bay if LaFleur gets canned. The Packers are in a better position to win now than the aforementioned teams and they have a young roster with a franchise quarterback already in place.<\/p>\n<p>Harbaugh has a connection to the Packers through his agent, Bryan Harlan, who is the son of former Green Bay president, Bob Harlan, as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2010373950963167566\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN&#8217;s Adam Schefter<\/a> noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Former Packers President Bob Harlan is royalty in Green Bay. His son Bryan is an agent who represents John Harbaugh. John Harbaugh has deep midwestern roots and ties,&#8221; Schefter wrote.<\/p>\n<p>We will get more clarity on who Harbaugh is actually interested in during the week once his scheduled interviews start rolling in.<\/p>\n<p>While certainly not impossible, we wouldn&#8217;t expect a resolution this week.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we turn the page to this week, the expectation is former Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2061],"tags":[7,6,526,394,2411,527],"class_list":{"0":"post-671599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennessee-titans","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-tennessee","11":"tag-tennessee-titans","12":"tag-tennesseetitans","13":"tag-titans"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115882619364943169","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671599","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=671599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}