Overview

• Jim Harbaugh called Pete Carroll “one of the best” and said they might have been friends, while recalling they were once “trying to gouge each other’s eyes out” in competitive spirit.
• Pete Carroll responded that they see eye to eye on competing and joked that Harbaugh sends him a birthday card every year.
• The Chargers and Raiders play Monday night in Las Vegas in the coaches’ first AFC West meeting, with both teams starting 1-0.
• Los Angeles opened with a 27-21 victory over the Chiefs in São Paulo, snapping a seven-game losing streak to the reigning division champions.
• Las Vegas beat the Patriots 20-13 in Carroll’s NFL return, and the coaches’ history features Carroll’s 5-4 edge in their NFL matchups and Harbaugh’s 2-1 advantage from their Pac-12 meetings.