Jim Harbaugh’s offseason plans include undergoing two medical procedures. During his end-of-the-year news conference Wednesday after his Los Angeles Chargers lost in the AFC Wild Card round to the Houston Texans on Saturday, the 61-year-old head coach said he will have a cardiac ablation as well as hip replacement surgery “soon.”

The Chargers’ head coach was right to stand up for his quarterback again Wednesday: “He’s the opposite of a house plant. He’s field corn.”

After the Chargers were blown out by the Texans in their Wild Card matchup Jim Harbaugh saluted DeMeco Ryans and his team.

Jim Harbaugh is eager to begin plotting the Los Angeles Chargers offseason strategy with general manager Joe Hortiz.

The Ravens will certainly miss Flowers if he can't go, but they demonstrated their ability to thrive without him in the wild card round. Baltimore rushed for 299 yards on 50 carries in their 28-14 victory over the Steelers, dominating the game through ball control and nearly doubling Pittsburgh's time of possession.

The Texans (11-7) defeated the Chargers (11-7), 32-12, after entering Saturday's wild-card game as a 2.5-point home underdog.

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh wanted to personally thank first responders in California who continue to battle multiple wildfires, which began burning in LA on Jan. 7.

Harbaugh will have a cardiac ablation and a hip replacement this offseason, he said Wednesday after the Chargers were eliminated from the playoffs, via ESPN’s Kris Rhim. It's unknown when exactly he will have either procedure.

Harbaugh’s team came up well short in a 32-12 setback. It was a rough afternoon for quarterback Justin Herbert, who was sacked four times and served up four interceptions in the loss—one of those returned for a score. While there was certainly some finger pointing, the Chargers’ sideline boss would have none of that.

The 61-year-old Jim Harbaugh led the Los Angeles Chargers to the NFL playoffs in his first season back in the league after nine seasons in Ann Arbor.