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PelisseroThe biggest thing, and I saw your conversation with Sal the other day about Jim Harbaugh. So that's definitely something that is talked about within the league. I would just say, I would just say, I don't get any sense. I have no reason to believe that this is going to be like downhill and Jim Harbaugh is gone and they start over in 2027.

PelisseroI'd be shocked if it goes that way because they won games the past two years because they're doing something totally different offensively. The biggest red flag right now is Justin Herbert's playing the worst he ever has.

PelisseroAnd yeah, you're five weeks in. It's a long season. It's a very different offense. But he's throwing picks that you just wouldn't expect to see. So I know Harbaugh has made some, you know, he's tweaked up like the schedule and different things that they're doing in practice and trying to make some of those small things.

PelisseroBut he can't come in and fix Mike's offense. It has to be McDaniel has to adapt to what they're doing. Like, are they going to try to trade Justin Herbert? Like, no, they're not going to do that. But the real question becomes, how much do they say to Mike McDaniel, especially if you get into the buy, like, we got to strip it down.

PelisseroWe got to make it simpler. We got to reintegrate more of the Greg Roman type stuff. Remember, Jim Harbaugh until this year had only had one offensive coordinator in the NFL. It was Greg Roman the whole time in San Francisco. It was Greg Roman the first few years with the Chargers. And despite the fact that, especially in the San Francisco days, like Jim had the marker member around his neck at all times and like had the big place.

PelisseroHe like he wasn't calling it. It wasn't like it was his system. It was Greg Roman's offense. So this is the first time in the NFL that Jim Harbaugh doesn't necessarily have a feel for what they're even trying to be offensively. You know, the personnel doesn't quite fit. The parts just aren't still in sync.

PelisseroAnd it's a lot of Miami