AP

Although the NFL’s Career Development Advisory Panel has placed Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on the preliminary list of recommended coaching candidates for 2017, there’s no reason to think he has any desire to leave his alma mater.

Whether he does depends on whether a team can present him with an offer he can’t refuse. Which would imply that there must be an opportunity to win. Which would imply that there would be on the roster the most important ingredient for contention: A franchise quarterback.

There’s one team with a franchise quarterback that may be looking for a new coach in six weeks or so. If the Packers make a change, and if the Packers decide to pursue Harbaugh, would he be interested?

For more, here’s the clip from Tuesday’s PFT Live during which Rob “Stats” Guerrera suggested the connection and the two of us then discussed it.