The Los Angeles Chargers have stumbled into their Week 7 bye in brutal fashion, sitting at 0-6 and still looking for their first win of the season. That leaves them as one of just two winless teams in the NFL, alongside the Miami Dolphins.
The collapse has naturally put Jim Harbaugh under the microscope, especially with a start this ugly in a year that was supposed to look a lot better for Los Angeles. But one former Michigan voice isn’t backing away from him.
Biff Poggi, who had three separate stints coaching with the Michigan Wolverines and worked alongside Harbaugh for two of them, offered a strong defense of his former boss during an appearance on "The Jim Rome Show."
"The tougher things get, the better Jim is in those situations," Poggi said. "He's very optimistic.
He loves the QB; he loves the football team. I think that they will turn it around.
"He's an elite, elite football coach," Poggi continued.
Poggi also pointed to the Chargers’ injury issues, something that has followed the franchise in previous seasons as well. Even with that context, though, he believes Harbaugh is the kind of coach who can steer things back in the right direction.
The problem for the Chargers is that the schedule does not offer much relief coming out of the bye. They return to face the Los Angeles Rams, Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens before taking on the New York Jets, and there is a realistic path to an 0-9 start.
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