Pittsburgh Steelers legend, Corridor of Fame head coach and present CBS Sports activities NFL analyst Invoice Cowher has a concept on why groups seemingly handed on hiring Invoice Belichick this offseason.
“He’s not getting any youthful,” Cowher stated about Belichick from the location of Tremendous Bowl LVIII on Tuesday, as shared by Ryan Dunleavy and Steve Serby of the New York Put up. “It’s a younger man’s sport. Let’s face it. You’re always making an attempt to get the younger infusion.”
Particularly, Cowher talked about how 39-year-old head coach DeMeco Ryans and rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud guided the Houston Texans to a playoff victory of their first season working collectively.
“We’re all searching for that sort of immediate factor — a younger quarterback and a younger head coach paired collectively like a younger Invoice Belichick and a younger Tom Brady,” Cowher added.
Belichick turns 72 years outdated in April.
NFL insider Jeff Howe of The Athletic wrote for a bit revealed final week that “a rising concern over the coach’s potential to narrate to this era of gamers” was one cause groups such because the Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders employed candidates aside from Belichick this winter.
Nevertheless, Boomer Esiason of CBS Sports activities not too long ago said that he heard from “an NFL government” who thinks Falcons proprietor Arthur Clean “provided” Belichick the job of head coach however not the facility to make personnel and draft selections.
The suggestion that Belichick rejected Clean’s alleged provide is spreading amongst individuals in Las Vegas this week.
“When he comes into the constructing, he desires the constructing,” Esiason stated Tuesday about what could or could not have occurred concerning Belichick remaining a free agent. “The proprietor must be keen to say, ‘You’ll be able to have the whole constructing as a result of the individuals now we have in listed here are so inept that I’ve to eliminate them.’ The Falcons have a reasonably good constructing — they’ve had fairly good drafts. The one factor they’ve been lacking is a top-end quarterback.”
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs head coach Andy Reid strongly hinted on Tuesday he will not retire following this Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl LVIII matchup versus the San Francisco 49ers whatever the sport’s consequence.
Assuming Reid stays put, Belichick should wait till the following hiring cycle to try to turn into a head coach once more.