Jim Harbaugh update: John Harbaugh says his brother is doing 'great'

Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Monday that his brother, Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh, is improving after suffering a heart attack on Sunday.

“I talked to Jim this morning, he's doing well, he's doing great, he's feeling a lot better,” Harbaugh said as he opened his usual news conference Monday.

Jim Harbaugh briefly left the field early in the Chargers' game against the Denver Broncos with what he later said was a burst of atrial flutter, a type of arrhythmia that causes the heart to beat abnormally fast. Harbaugh said paramedics treated him in the locker room, where he underwent an electrocardiogram. When his heart rate slowed to a normal rhythm, Harbaugh returned to the game and practiced the remainder of the Chargers' 23-16 win in Denver.

John Harbaugh told reporters Monday that his brother said he felt “a little unwell” on Saturday and Sunday.

“He's had this problem in the past, had a few procedures over the years, even as a player he had it once,” he said. “But he's fine now and will do some tests today.”

John Harbaugh, whose Ravens improved to 4-2 with a 30-23 win over the Washington Commanders, began his postgame news conference as news of his brother's medical situation spread. He answered three questions from reporters before a team spokesman called him from the podium so he could get more information about his brother.

“I appreciate (general manager) Eric (DeCosta) bringing it to my attention because it had just happened and I think he wanted me to find out the right way,” he said Monday . They spoke with former longtime Ravens manager Joe Hortiz, now general manager of the Chargers, who was in the locker room when paramedics examined Jim.

John Harbaugh said it seemed like doctors didn't want his brother to continue practicing, but “somehow he convinced them to give him permission to go out and get back on the field and he was fine.”

Jim Harbaugh received IV fluids before returning to the sideline.

“Everything was fine in the end,” Jim Harbaugh said. “The doctors examined me and everything returned to normal. So I came back.”

He later added: “It's the heart, so you take it seriously.”