{"id":4009,"date":"2024-11-24T03:35:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T03:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=4009"},"modified":"2024-11-24T03:35:43","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T03:35:43","slug":"ravens-john-harbaugh-opens-up-about-playing-brother-jim-harbaugh-on-mnf-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=4009","title":{"rendered":"Ravens&#8217; John Harbaugh opens up about playing brother Jim Harbaugh on MNF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dek prose mb-2.5 italic text-secondary\">John Harbaugh reflects on his third-ever game against his brother Jim.<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-row flex-wrap items-center text-primary\">\n<div class=\"author-link mr-2.5 flex items-center text-sm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-video w-full max-w-full object-contain object-center px-4 lg:px-0\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Ravens-John-Harbaugh-opens-up-about-playing-brother-Jim-Harbaugh-on-MNF.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"John Harbaugh next to Jim Harbaugh in front of the Chargers Stadium\" \/><\/p>\n<article class=\"article-body prose max-w-none pb-7 pt-5 prose-figure:max-w-full prose-ol:pl-10 prose-img:max-w-full prose-video:max-w-full md:prose-ol:pl-6 [&amp;_iframe]:m-auto [&amp;_iframe]:block [&amp;_iframe]:max-w-full\">While fans of theBaltimore Ravens and Los Angeles Chargers\u00a0eagerly prepare to watch their favorite teams face off on Monday Night Football, the prevailing narrative surrounding the showdown has to be the Harbaugh of it all, with John and Jim set to face off for the first time since the Super Bowl in February of 2013.<\/p>\n<div class=\"aspect-video w-full\">\n<div class=\"not-prose flex aspect-video w-full items-center justify-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>That&#8217;s right, after nearly a decade away, partially due to NFL scheduling, partially due to Jack&#8217;s younger son leaving the league for a run with\u00a0his collegiate team, the University of Michigan, Harbaugh Bowl III is set for the Monday before Thanksgiving and the results will surely impact the playoff picture for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose align-center\">\n<div class=\"min-w-[300px] overflow-x-hidden text-center font-secondary uppercase my-2.5 min-h-[280px] md:min-h-[250px]\">\n<div id=\"content_1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asked how it feels to play against his brother during his Thursday media availability, John celebrated the opportunity, as it should be a\u00a0fun, physical matchup between brothers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s a tough matchup. It&#8217;s a very good football team we&#8217;re playing this week. [The Chargers are] highly ranked in pretty much every area. [They&#8217;re] a winning football team, very physical, very tough [and an] extremely well-coached football team \u2013 no question about it. [Jim Harbaug<a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/tag\/jim-harbaugh\">h<\/a>] is one of the best coaches of this generation, no question \u2013 I believe that. Even if he weren&#8217;t my brother, I would say the same thing. We have our work cut out for us; we have to travel across the country and play on Monday Night Football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Welp, that was the last either brother would be asked about the game, right?<\/p>\n<p>\u2026yeah that&#8217;s not how the modern-day narrative-driven NFL works. Fortunately, John had some interesting things to say about coaching against his brother, as they&#8217;ve always been competitive.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3135759\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3135759\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3135759\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-Harbaugh-and-Jim-Harbaugh-at-the-Super-Bowl.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-Harbaugh-and-Jim-Harbaugh-at-the-Super-Bowl.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-Harbaugh-and-Jim-Harbaugh-at-the-Super-Bowl.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-Harbaugh-and-Jim-Harbaugh-at-the-Super-Bowl.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-Harbaugh-and-Jim-Harbaugh-at-the-Super-Bowl.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/John-Harbaugh-and-Jim-Harbaugh-at-the-Super-Bowl.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" alt=\"San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh (left) shakes hands with Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh (right) after the game at M&amp;T Bank Stadium. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3135759\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Evan Habeeb-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"not-prose align-center\">\n<div class=\"min-w-[300px] overflow-x-hidden text-center font-secondary uppercase my-2.5 min-h-[280px] md:min-h-[250px]\">\n<div id=\"content_2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>John Harbaugh reveals Jim Harbaugh&#8217;s \u201ccrab technique\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Discussing the roots of his rivalry with Jim from their time growing up, Harbaugh reveals how they would settle their disputes as kids, which included some very, shall we say, interesting physical altercations.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"not-prose align-center\">\n<p>\u201cIt used to get hot. Back when were younger, it was every day \u2013 it was one fight or another. He was reminding me a month ago \u2013 I used to be bigger than him most of the time, and he ended up bigger, obviously. He&#8217;s a Pro Bowl quarterback \u2013 a 17-year player in the National Football League. He&#8217;s a great athlete [and] always was. But most of the time, I had an edge on him in growth until we got to be about 18 or 19, and I&#8217;d hold him down and stuff. But he had this technique called the \u2018crab technique&#8217; he called it,\u201d Harbaugh curiously declared.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose align-center\">\n<div class=\"min-w-[300px] overflow-x-hidden text-center font-secondary uppercase my-2.5 min-h-[280px] md:min-h-[250px]\">\n<div id=\"content_4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And he would basically get on his back, and he&#8217;d get his hands and his feet up there, and he&#8217;d just fend me off with his hands and his feet, and I couldn&#8217;t get to him. He was really athletic, so I came up with a technique. We had these big brown pillows in our basement that you would lay on to watch TV \u2013 these old corduroy brown pillows \u2013 and I would take the pillow, swipe his feet down and pin him and then get back on top of him. I had forgotten about it; I did not remember it. But when you&#8217;re the younger brother, that&#8217;s the kind of thing you remember. I take a little credit for his toughness, I guess; he&#8217;s probably one of the toughest people I know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Will Jim put John&#8217;s Ravens in the \u201ccrab technique\u201d on Monday Night Football? Needless to say, the game is a must-watch either way, as no matter the outcome, this will be a game ripe with storylines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Harbaugh reflects on his third-ever game against his brother Jim. 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