Jim Harbaugh’s rise from the Raiders’ grueling early days to Chargers head coach sits at the core of this week’s story. He slept on the facility floor, logging 120–130 hours, and earned his coaching doctorate under Al Davis by toiling behind the scenes as a lowly 6 a.m. starter who learned to print papers and diagram plays with a laptop full of Gruden-era diagrams.

Now 1-0 in Los Angeles, Harbaugh carries that startup-scrappy ethos into a Monday night clash with the Raiders, proving turning programs around begins with culture, preparation, and an obsession for detail that translates into fantasy upside through cleaner schemes, sharper situational play, and opportunities for multiple Chargers performers.