Jim Harbaugh predicts brother's future in NFL next season: 'Just hope it's the NFC'

John Harbaugh’s tenure with the Baltimore Ravens came to an abrupt extremity connected Tuesday erstwhile the enactment announced that it had dismissed the manager pursuing Sunday’s play finale. 

Given his resume, which includes six AFC North titles, 4 AFC Championship Game appearances and a Super Bowl title, it was reported that 9 teams hardly waited to scope retired to Harbaugh's cause with involvement — excluding the Ravens, lone six teams person caput manager openings.

Some speculated that Harbaugh could instrumentality a twelvemonth off, but his brother, Los Angeles Chargers caput manager Jim, ruled that retired connected Wednesday.

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Baltimore Ravens manager John Harbaugh (left) shakes hands with member and Los Angeles Chargers manager Jim Harbaugh aft the crippled astatine SoFi Stadium.  (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)

"He'll beryllium a caput manager adjacent year. We'll beryllium playing against him successful immoderate signifier oregon fashion…" Jim said Wednesday. "Just anticipation it's successful the NFC."

Ironically enough, Jim Harbaugh himself coached successful the NFC during John's aboriginal days arsenic the Ravens' caput coach, and the brothers faced disconnected successful the Super Bowl.

The Ravens battled the Pittsburgh Steelers successful a important part matchup wherever the victor would beryllium crowned AFC North champs and punch its summons into the postseason, portion the loser would beryllium sent packing.

Head manager Jim Harbaugh of the Los Angeles and caput manager John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens airs for a photograph anterior to an NFL Football crippled astatine SoFi Stadium connected Nov. 25, 2024 successful Inglewood, Califorina.  (Michael Owens/Getty Images)

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But a missed walk-off tract extremity effort by rookie kicker Tyler Loop ended the Ravens’ play – and Harbaugh's clip successful Baltimore.

Even President Donald Trump was speedy to endorse the axed coach.

"HIRE JOHN HARBAUGH, FAST," the president wrote successful a Truth Social station connected Wednesday morning. "HE, AND HIS BROTHER, ARE TOTAL WINNERS!!!"

John and Jim Harbaugh and their families met with Trump astatine the White House implicit the summer. The gathering led Harbaugh to support himself aft a newsman framed a question connected the sojourn astir Trump's erstwhile comments criticizing Baltimore arsenic a city.

Head manager John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens walks the tract anterior to the crippled against the Pittsburgh Steelers astatine Acrisure Stadium connected Jan. 4, 2026 successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

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The New York Giants look to beryllium the frontrunners for John Harbaugh's services, with some sides reportedly precise funny successful 1 another. The Giants fired Brian Daboll during the season, and their adjacent caput manager would beryllium their 5th since Tom Coughlin was fto spell aft 12 years pursuing the 2015 campaign.

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