Jim Harbaugh shares major revelation about Chargers ownership amid firing rumors

Recent reports suggested that the Los Angeles Chargers could part ways with first-year offensive coordinator Mike McDaniel and/or with head coach Jim Harbaugh if the winless club didn't turn things around this fall.

Such stories emerged before Harbaugh was accused of making a critical mistake in the fourth quarter of what became a 23-17 loss to the Denver Broncos that dropped the Chargers to 0-5 this past Sunday. 

While speaking with reporters on Monday, Harbaugh insisted that he and Chargers ownership are "in this fight together" to save the club's season. 

Jim Harbaugh "shoulder-to-shoulder" with Chargers ownership?

"John Spanos, Dean Spanos, Susie Spanos, the whole Spanos family. It's shoulder to shoulder where we're in this fight together," Harbaugh said, per Anthony Gharib of ESPN.

Previously, Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert defended Harbaugh after Herbert was stuffed short of picking up a first down on a 4th-and-1 at the Los Angeles 41-yard line with 10:33 remaining in regulation of the Denver game. The Broncos went on to score 13 unanswered points to secure the victory at SoFi Stadium.

"I really have the same feeling that I had [Sunday] night after the game when I talked to you all. I still feel like those two fourth-down decisions, especially the one fourth-down decision, did not put our team in the best chance to win that game," Harbaugh admitted on Monday. "I regret that. I'm even sorry about that. I don't say I'm sorry unless I think I'm wrong about something and I sincerely think I was."

Jim Harbaugh sends strong messages to Chargers players amid losing streak

Eyebrows were raised when Harbaugh said shortly after the loss to Denver that he didn't "know" what message to send to his players amid the Chargers' losing streak. He sang a different tune on Monday.

"Keep fighting," Harbaugh said. "Keep being a leader. Keep being a competitor. Keep being the believer that you've been and even more." 

As of Tuesday morning, DraftKings Sportsbook had the Chargers as 8.5-point road underdogs for their Week 6 game at the 4-0 Kansas City Chiefs on Oct. 18. Harbaugh wants his players to believe that they "belong" on the same field as the unbeaten Chiefs this fall. 

"I think one of the things that we were all put on this Earth to do is to handle both success and handle loss and to do that with the same passion and enthusiasm," Harbaugh added during his comments. "And to show that, that you belong. That it can be turned around. There is winning football and that's what we're doing as a team."