Jim Harbaugh has his Los Angeles Chargers off to a 2-0 start and Michigan is the worst 2-1 Power 4 team in the country, having just announced a quarterback change from Davis Warren to Alex Orji and looking nothing like a defending champion.
Harbaugh left Michigan high and dry in January. Sherrone Moore inherited a team that may have a tough time making a bowl game if their one Power 4 game is a bellwether. But Harbaugh is doing well for himself in the City of Angels.
So well that the NY Post’s Erich Richter listed Harbaugh first on his list of winners from the NFL’s second week.
Richter believes the Chargers may now be the most well-coached franchise in the league.
“The Chargers may have gone from the worst-coached team in the league under Brandon Staley to the best,” Richter prefaced before saying, “Jim Harbaugh has the Chargers humming and perhaps the makings of a double-digit win team that could contend for playoff spot or even the division after a 26-3 dismantling of the hapless Panthers on the road.”
NY Post saw Michigan’s fall coming over the summer
Richter’s colleague, The NY Post’s Dylan Svoboda, acknowledged the Wolverines’ likely fall-off in August – just as legendary coach Steve Spurrier did in June.
“Michigan is expected to take a step back in 2024 after the departure of longtime head coach Jim Harbaugh,” Svoboda wrote. “The Wolverines also lost a ton of talent on their roster.”
Svoboda foresaw an exodus of NFL talent, and Moore’s inability to build a roster of similar caliber via flips and transfers, preventing Big Ten contention.
“Star quarterback J.J. McCarthy and running back Blake Corum both bolted for the NFL,” Svoboda wrote. “Eight other offensive starters left Ann Arbor and several key defensive players are no longer on the team.”
Credit to the NY Post for being all over the fall of Michigan in the summer. They had plenty of company.
