There are a plenty of intriguing storylines as Wild Card Weekend approaches.
NFL.com columnist Jeffri Chadiha took a look at the entire playoff field and ranked the teams based on their odds to win Super Bowl LIX.
Chadiha had the Chargers eighth overall on his list and fourth in the AFC.
His main reason? The level of buy-in the team has showed in Head Coach Jim Harbaugh's first season.
Chadiha wrote:
All you have to do is watch one post-game victory speech from Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh to see how he turned this team around in one season. Whether it's getting his players to sing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" or answer the same question he's posed to teams at previous stops ("Who's got it better than us?"), Harbaugh has a way of willing his squads to believe in everything he's selling. That's what the Chargers have done this year. They've bought into their coach in ways that haven't happened in that franchise in well over a decade, and that dedication makes them an intriguing wild-card team.
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He isn't the only one who believes it starts with Harbaugh, however.
ESPN's Kris Rhim labeled the Chargers Head Coach as the team's biggest reason for hope heading into the postseason — a place Harbaugh has seen some success.
Rhim wrote:
In Harbaugh's previous NFL coaching stint, the 49ers made three NFC Championship Games and one Super Bowl in four seasons. By comparison, the Chargers have played in only four conference championships in franchise history, the most recent coming during the 2007 season, and one Super Bowl. Harbaugh's previous playoff success, plus the turnaround he has engineered in getting a team that was 5-12 in 2023 into the postseason, gives L.A. hope.
The Athletic's projection model has the Chargers' chances to win Super Bowl at 3.6 percent, good for fourth in the AFC and eighth overall.
Meanwhile, ESPN's Football Power Index has the Chargers chances to make it to New Orleans at 8.8 percent.
Whether it's being able to not turn the ball over or the emphasis on the little details, Chadiha believes the Bolts their style of play gives them a chance in January and will make life tough on opponents.
Chadiha wrote:
The Chargers do everything Harbaugh loves — protecting the football, limiting penalties, bullying opponents with the run game and suffocating offenses with a relentless pass rush and reliable coverage. Those also happen to be nice qualities to have when playing on the road in the postseason. Throw in a strong-armed quarterback (Justin Herbert) and a couple playmakers (running back J.K. Dobbins and rookie wide receiver Ladd McConkey) and the Chargers have more than enough talent to pull some upsets. This team will be a handful in the early rounds. Book it.
The Bolts open postseason play Saturday against the Texans. Kickoff is at 1:30 p.m. (PT) in Houston.
