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Former NFL player and scout Bucky Brooks knows the ins and outs of this league, providing keen insight in his notebook. Today's installment covers:

But first, a look at how one city could become the center of the football world in the 2024 season ...

Hollywood haters will not like this, but Los Angeles could become the NFL's most interesting city in the 2024 campaign. In fact, by season's end, Tinseltown could emerge as the new Football Mecca.

With the arrival of Jim Harbaugh and the evolution of Sean McVay, it's not all that hard to envision Super Bowl LIX featuring a battle of L.A. between the Chargers and Rams.

OK, before you completely disparage me, allow me to explain my thinking.

When it comes to the two Los Angeles squads, I'm bullish for the same reason: a perfect marriage between the head coach's offensive vision and the personnel on the roster.

Though few evaluators would tout the Chargers and Rams as the most talented squads in the NFL today, their lineups and schemes align superbly, giving them a chance to outplay their team ratings on the latest edition of Madden.

As proponents of exotic smash-mouth football, Harbaugh and McVay succeed by leaning into an ultra-physical approach that sets the tone for the entire team. While their creative play designs and unique formations dominate headlines, both are old-school thinkers with throwback philosophies that continue to work in a pass-centric league.

Harbaugh, in particular, has won at every level by utilizing a ground-and-pound attack -- despite routinely having talented quarterbacks at his disposal. Whether it was Andrew Luck at Stanford or Alex Smith/Colin Kaepernick on the San Francisco 49ers or J.J. McCarthy at Michigan, Harbaugh's QB1 operates as a cog in an

Bucky Brooks Sean Macvay Jim Harbaugh J.J.Maccarthy