Famed NFL agent breaks down Coach John Harbaugh’s best choice for next team

Veteran sports cause Leigh Steinberg believes John Harbaugh's caller availability arsenic an NFL caput manager is comparable to that of Bill Belichick. 

Steinberg told Fox News Digital successful a caller interrogation that Harbaugh is acold and distant the champion campaigner for each 8 teams presently with caput coaching vacancies. 

"He volition beryllium the hottest escaped cause manager successful years," Steinberg said. "He's the quintessential cleanable prosecute for aggregate teams this year, which is going to springiness him tons of leverage." 

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Head manager John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens looks connected successful the 4th fourth against the Buffalo Bills astatine M&T Bank Stadium successful Baltimore, Maryland, connected Oct. 2, 2022. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images)

President Donald Trump adjacent endorsed Harbaugh successful a Truth Social station Wednesday, writing, "HIRE JOHN HARBAUGH, FAST."

Steinberg revealed however helium thinks Trump's endorsement whitethorn impact the request for Harbaugh's services. 

"I don't truly deliberation so," Steinberg said erstwhile asked if Trump's comments would summation Harbaugh's marketplace value. "It's rather flattering to person the President of the United States arsenic a fan, truthful that part's a positive. But arsenic I said before, I don't deliberation a manager has had this overmuch leverage and options successful years."

With Harbaugh bound to beryllium the astir accomplished manager successful the cycle, and 8 teams looking to hire, 1 lucifer successful peculiar stands retired to Steinberg. 

"I don't cognize why, but the New York Giants basal retired to me," Steinberg said. 

The cause said the Giants are an intriguing destination specifically due to the fact that of the emergence of backmost Jaxson Dart.

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"To triumph successful modern football, it's indispensable to person a franchise quarterback," Steinberg said. "It's intolerable to triumph consistently successful the NFL without that franchise quarterback. So that would beryllium precocious connected my list." 

The Giants were the odds-on favourite to prosecute Harbaugh up until astatine slightest Thursday morning. However, erstwhile the Miami Dolphins fired their caput manager Mike McDaniel connected Thursday, Harbaugh rapidly became the favourite to beryllium the adjacent Dolphins coach, according to Kalshi. 

Whether Harbaugh decides betwixt the Giants and Dolphins volition travel down to the chemistry that occurs successful the upcoming interviews, and whichever franchise the manager believes volition supply the astir synergy and support.

"It volition beryllium the chemistry that occurs successful those interviews," Steinberg said. "If it's narrowed down to a mates [options] past I'm definite a manager volition look for that chemistry, that caput meld, that shared vision, and to person a feeling that helium volition beryllium coming into a supported space." 

Harbaugh is coming disconnected an 18-year tenure with the Baltimore Ravens that included a Super Bowl XLVII win, 12 playoff appearances, 4 AFC Championship games, six part titles, the astir wins successful franchise past (over 193 total, 180 regular season), and lone 3 losing seasons successful 18 years. 

Still, Harbaugh is present fired arsenic a caput manager for the archetypal clip successful his vocation and is navigating those waters arsenic a terminated caput manager for the archetypal time. 

Steinberg's investigation of the fired Harbaugh comes astatine a clip erstwhile Steinberg himself is publishing a publication astir bouncing backmost from debased points successful beingness and careers.

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Head manager John Harbaugh of the Baltimore Ravens walks the tract anterior to the crippled against the Pittsburgh Steelers astatine Acrisure Stadium connected Jan. 4, 2026 successful Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images)

"We each spell done life. Inevitably, we'll spell done a reverse astatine immoderate point… determination volition beryllium a clang of immoderate benignant wherever idiosyncratic loses the arc of wherever their beingness is successful acheronian and desperation," Steinberg said. 

The book, titled "The Comeback" volition beryllium published connected March 3. 

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