Former New England Patriots security and present NFL analyst Devin McCourty advised that Invoice Belichick was solely all for becoming a member of the Atlanta Falcons this winter as a result of Belichick is 15 wins away from breaking Don Shula’s NFL record for profession victories earned by a head coach (347, common season and postseason mixed).
“If I’m being sincere, I didn’t actually need to see him go to Atlanta,” McCourty mentioned about Belichick through the newest version of the “Eye on Foxborough” podcast, as shared by Karen Guregian of MassLive. “I feel Atlanta was an opportunity to interrupt (Shula’s) document, little doubt about it, however I simply didn’t assume Atlanta could be a yr or two away from actually competing within the Tremendous Bowl…whereas, who is aware of if there’s a crew that comes up within the subsequent yr, you convey Invoice Belichick in there, and this crew mechanically turns into a contender.”
The Falcons hired Raheem Morris as a substitute of Belichick.
Whereas Tom Brady just lately referred to Belichick as “the best coach ever,” it appears groups across the league concern the 71-year-old is not what he was in his greatest days contemplating the Falcons are the one membership to satisfy with him this winter.
There are, nonetheless, rumors hinting that the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs may attain out to Belichick if Andy Reid leads his crew to a Tremendous Bowl LVIII victory after which retires.
“It’s about strictly successful Tremendous Bowls, and that’s what I cherished about being in New England,” McCourty added about Belichick’s mindset. “…That’s what he was all the time teaching in the direction of, how may we be our greatest in January by means of February. That’s what I need to see him proceed to have the ability to do, not simply win sufficient video games from September to the start of January to name it a season and say, ‘Effectively now I’m solely 5 video games away or eight video games away from this document.'”
Belichick may get pleasure from a little bit of a reset, spend subsequent season as an in-studio analyst for one of many league’s nationwide media companions and wait to see if a crew such because the New York Giants,
Dallas Cowboys or Philadelphia Eagles give him the keys to the dominion subsequent January. With that mentioned, whispers about Belichick presumably changing Reid could solely develop louder main as much as the night of Feb. 11.