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Jim Harbaugh has been highly successful in his two years as the Chargers’ head coach, leading them to Wild Card berths in each season. Los Angeles G Zion Johnson said Harbaugh is highly motivational and sets high expectations for the entire locker room.
“When you have a coach like that, who is all in about doing whatever it takes to win, it really motivates everybody,” Johnson said, via Daniel Popper of The Athletic. “When I have a coach who I know is gonna sacrifice and is gonna put in the necessary sacrifices to get where we need to be, that sets the expectation for everybody in the locker room to do the same.”
Chargers S Derwin James said Harbaugh has a way with players of all backgrounds and experience.
“No matter where you come from, no matter the background, no matter the structure, no matter if you’re first year, second year or you’ve already proven it in the league, he has a way of just motivating you to go out to get more,” James said. “Not only motivating you to go get it for yourself, but for the team, and how to increase your everyday habits in order to work towards it so you can do it. Some people say they want to do it, or they may get lucky and do it one time. But I feel like Jim creates those winning habits every day.”
Chargers DC Jesse Minter thinks there’s no better motivator than Harbaugh.
“There’s nobody better than him,” Minter said. “Just the confidence that he builds into players, the belief.”
Raiders GM John Spytek defended the rookie season of RB Ashton Jeanty, who felt he had a good first year despite the struggles of the team.
“His success — I know there’s been a lot of narratives out there that he didn’t have the season that maybe he deserved or you would expect from the sixth overall pick,” Spytek said, via the team’s official website. “Well, that’s fine, but it’s not just Ashton. There’s 10 other people that are out there with him, and it’s our job to put a great group of guys around him to help him realize his potential.”
“I think it was good,” Jeanty added. “Obviously there’s still a lot of room for growth, but I think I did pretty good for what I had. There’s some plays I’ve run back and looked at, wished I could’ve capitalized more but that’s just a part of the game. You’re not going to make every single play out there. But I’m going to be working this offseason, building off what I’ve done this year and just trying to improve on the little things that I can.”
The Raiders’ season was a disaster, resulting in a 3-14 record and Pete Carroll getting fired after one season. Charles Robinson of Yahoo Sports cites one league executive who is familiar with owner Mark Davis, minority owner Tom Brady, and Carroll,...
