Turnaround king Jim Harbaugh has playoff-bound Chargers dreaming big

The 61-year-old coach has a Chargers team that finished 5-12 last year headed to the playoffs. All they needed was the sort of attitude adjustment he's famous for inspiring

Not long after Jim Harbaugh was hired in January to coach the Los Angeles Chargers at a handsome $16m per season, he picked out the stalwarts on his roster. Stalwarts is not a typical football term, but Harbaugh loves stalwarts - those who are truly committed to the cause.

The Chargers were coming off a 5-12 season in which head coach Brandon Staley was fired with three games to play, so it would figure that the quirky Harbaugh's stalwart safari would not be too fruitful. But he found maybe 15 stalwarts, and there would be a great place to start.