Anyone out there sick and tired of King Patrick? Sick and tired of the Mahomes-Reid Tour? Sick and tired of watching the Kansas City Chiefs hoisting the Lombardi Trophy year after year after year? 49er fans sure are. Bills fans sure are.

Well, I’m here to inform you there may be a savior riding in on his trusty steed. Someone who can spare us another Chiefs’ confetti orgy in February. Yea, you read our headline. We’re talking Harbaugh. We’re talking Chargers–yes, Chargers. We’re talking Justin Herbert, surfer boy.

Chargers? The same Chargers who are about +6000 to win the 2025 Super Bowl, which ranks in the middle of the NFL pack? The same Chargers who have never won the Super Bowl and have only been to one?

If it were anyone else, we’d agree with you: No F-ing way. But Harbaugh is different. He’s a winner. He turns teams around — in a huge way. He’s done it in the NFL, he’s done it in the NCAA.

Harbaugh took over the University of San Diego and guided the Toreros to 11-1 seasons and conference titles in 2005 and 2006. He went to Stanford and turned the Cardinal into winners and became a major annoyance for USC coach Pete Carroll.

Harbaugh then went to the San Francisco 49ers and led them to their first playoff appearance in nine years, reaching the NFC Championship Game in 2011, then the Super Bowl in 2012 and the NFC Championship Game again in 2013.

Harbaugh took his talents to Michigan with the stated expectation of winning a national title and ending Ohio State’s stranglehold over the Big Ten. They did just that with a resounding win over Washington in the CFP national championship game earlier this year.

Despite what he’s done, people really don’t elevate Harbaugh in the upper tier of coaches, at least not openly. He’s made enemies, he gets in your face, he’s as cocky as they come. He’s like the super jock dude in high school who gets the glory and the girls and doesn’t mind you knowing about it.

Harbaugh isn’t a big lovable guy like Andy Reid. He’s not your cool and cerebral Kyle Shanahan. He’s not your baby-faced new kid on the block Sean McVay or Kevin O’Connell or Zac Taylor. Let’s face it, Harbaugh is kind of a D.

But he wins, and he wins big. He turns lagging programs into bragging ones. His teams stomp you and don’t look back. He turns quarterbacks into big-time winners — Josh Johnson at USD, Alex Smith and Colin Kaepernick at SF, J.J. McCarthy at Michigan.

If any program needs Harbaugh’s rough kind of magic, it’s the LA Chargers and QB Justin Herbert. This team has enough pieces to compete. Herbert is completing 65 percent of his passes and has a 96.3 rating. Now in his fifth year, he’s averaging nearly 270 yards per game. Ex-Ravens RB J.K. Dobbins is averaging 6.1 yards per carry. The defense is ranked 7th by allowing 282.5 yards per game.

In other words, a typical Harbaugh team: strong running, strong defense, and a QB who gives you a great chance at lots of Ws.

All of this is roses and chocolates, but can Harbaugh really steer the Chargers past the beasts of the AFC? The Chiefs, the Ravens, the Bills? Why should anyone give these sad sack Bolts any chance in hell, much less place any futures money down on them. Well, let’s break down the competition:

Here are the 2025 Super Bowl futures with the shorter odds:

And here’s why you can forget about any of those teams:

• Chiefs (+550): A 3-peat will never happen.
• 49ers (+650): This act is getting old (and so is SF).
• Ravens (+800): Amazing Lamar turns into Mediocre Lamar in the playoffs.
• Bills (+900): Josh Allen is a great gunslinger, just not enough of a marksman.
• Lions (+1100): Dome teams fold, and so does Jared Goff.
• Texans (+1200): C’mon. It’s the Texans.
• Vikings (+1200): Sam Darnold? The feel-good resurrection story can only last so long.
• Eagles (+1600): Does Sirianni-Hurts really seem like a Super combo?
• Jets (+2000): C’mon. It’s the Jets.
• Cowboys (+2200): It will be interesting to see how Dak Prescott blows another playoff game.
• Packers (+2500): Really solid team, but coach Matt LaFleur seems like he might have the same affliction as mentor Kyle Shanahan — wrong decisions in the wrong moments.
• Bengals (+2500): As the losses pile up, this team is looking more and more like a one-hit wonder.
• Falcons (+2800): Kirk Cousins is 1-4 in the playoffs. ‘Nuff said.
• Seahawks (+4000): Geno Smith is a good guy and a hard-worker, but he won’t get a ring.
• Steelers (+4000): Mike Tomlin’s best days are long behind him.
• Saints (+4000): Derek Carr has nearly 40,000 yards passing and zero playoff wins. If there were a Hall of Fame for Overrated Quarterbacks, he’d have a bust.
• Buccaneers (+4000): Baker Mayfield’s got lots of moxie and enough talent to get to the big game. If you don’t want to take a futures shot with the Chargers, the Bucs wouldn’t be a bad alternative.
• Commanders (+5000): Jayden Daniels is wowing everyone his rookie season, but no rookie has ever gotten to the big game as a starter. And also, it’s the Commanders.

There you have it. Pencil the Chargers in for the title! Make some money! OK, so maybe it won’t happen, and maybe it will. Well, whatever the timeline is, you can be assured that Harbaugh will get the Chargers farther than they have in years. And nothing can get in his way.