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Jim Harbaugh continues to deny the doomed reality of the Chargers' season
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As the Los Angeles Chargers head into their bye week, they will have ample time to reflect on the beatdown they suffered at the hands of the Jacksonville Jaguars in Week 11, having lost the pivotal game (against a struggling offense, at that) 35-6. With the inconsistencies and the injuries this team has dealt with, any realistic chance they had at Super Bowl contention ended long ago, but, as the team continues to struggle against any opponent with a capable pass rush, head coach Jim Harbaugh continues to use platitudes to assure the fanbase that everything will be alright: Everybody has, in their lives, had issues that had to be fixed. We have some football issues that have to be fixed, but everybody's good at it. Everybody knows how to do it. They care deeply, and they're not going to back down.Jim Harbaugh via Daniel Popper on X This quote, clearly, is just "coach speak", and it is not too unusual from the things that many coaches would say in this situation. Yet, given the Chargers' organizational inabil

This article first appeared on Bolt Beat and was syndicated with permission.

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