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Inside John, Jim Harbaugh's first meeting since Super Bowl - ESPN

It was not what John Harbaugh had envisioned as the pinnacle of his sport. Growing up, he watched Super Bowl-winning coaches being carried off the field by their players or drenched in Gatorade showers.

But when the Baltimore Ravens beat the San Francisco 49ers 34-31 to capture Super Bowl XLVII in 2013, John was surprised to find himself alone on the field. Then it dawned on him. He knew what he had to do.

After the only Super Bowl featuring siblings as head coaches, John found his younger brother Jim and shook his hand. Then, he started to lean in for an embrace, but Jim put an outstretched forearm into John's chest.

«There will be no hug,» he told John.

On Monday, John and Jim will meet again as opposing coaches for the first time since that historic and emotionally taxing matchup over 11 years ago. John will take his Ravens (7-4) across the country to face Jim's Los Angeles Chargers (7-3) at SoFi Stadium (8:15 p.m. ET, ESPN/ABC).

The feeling among family members is this won't be Har-Bowl, Part 2. The stakes aren't nearly as high this time around. John and Jim's teams are battling for AFC playoff seeding, not football's biggest prize — the Vince Lombardi Trophy.

But for brothers who competed in the backyard and on the biggest stage in football, bragging rights will always be on the line. When people point out John is 2-0 against Jim, John makes a correction: He's 3-0. John beat Jim in a preseason game between the Ravens and 49ers in 2014.

John recently recited what he heard Jim say during the week leading up to their Super Bowl.

"'When that game starts, my brothers are going to be the guys on the sideline with me,'" John said. «That is the way it works. When you get on that sideline, you stake out your territory on a

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