Chargers would face familiar foe if playoffs started today

For now, the Los Angeles Chargers sit in position to make the NFL playoffs.

Exiting Week 12 action and a bye, the Chargers sit fifth in the AFC. The current playoff model has Jim Harbaugh’s team at a 55-60 percent chance of making the postseason.

Granted, much can change between now and the final six games of the year. Those very same Chargers are a great example of this logic, considering they started 3-0 in the AFC West, then toppled off the side of a cliff. Missing the playoffs, now, isn’t that wild a possibility.

But again, for now, the Chargers would get a pretty interesting matchup if the playoffs started today

Chargers’ playoff opponent if postseason started today

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh — Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

John Harbaugh and the Baltimore Ravens, of course.

Another HarBowl, Harbaugh Bowl, however one wants to illustrate the point, would be a fun playoff showdown, to say the least.

Jim and John’s clubs met on a Monday night last year, a 30-23 outcome favoring the Ravens as Lamar Jackson threw a pair of scores and Derrick Henry rumbled for 140 yards on a 5.8 average.

This year, the Ravens have had even more ups and downs than the Chargers. Jackson has battled injury and his team is 6-5 as a result, although sits in the driver’s seat in the AFC North. They’ve won five in a row since a Week 7 bye, too.

Maybe this outlook doesn’t hold over the final six games. But if the Harbaugh teams can remain, well, like Harbaugh teams, there’s a chance NFL fans get this playoff-worthy matchup when it matters most.

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