Bill Belichick’s future with the New England Patriots remains in doubt.
According to Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer, Bill Belichick’s latest move adds yet another layer to an already extremely complicated situation, when it pertains to the future of the first-ballot Hall of Famer’s in New England.
Per the report, Belichick sent his entire coaching staff home to allow him and club owner, Robert Kraft some time to decide on the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach’s future…privately.
With things still uncertain in New England, yesterday, Patriots coach Bill Belichick gave his coaching staff the next couple weeks off, per sources. Some are still in finishing up work. They're scheduled to be back in a week from Monday.
Question is, what will they return to?
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) January 10, 2024
Bill Belichick’s Historic Reign in New England
Just hours after famously resigning as the head coach of the New York Jets on a napkin…yes, a napkin. Bill Belichick was hired as the head coach of the New England Patriots in 2000. This comes after a modest 36-44 tenure as the leader of the sidelines with the Cleveland Browns from 1991 through 1995, and stints with the Patriots and Jets as an assistant from 1996 until his hiring in 2000. Following a 5-11 first season in Foxboro, Belichick righted the ship, most famously due to a certain Tom Brady stepping in for Drew Bledsoe following the latter’s injury in week 2 of the 2001 season.
Even after Bledsoe, who had freshly signed what at the time was the biggest contract in NFL history, Belichick stuck with the hot hand in Brady, who was just months removed from being the 199th pick in the draft. The Patriots would go on to beat ‘The Greatest Show on Turf’ in the form of the Kurt Warner-led St. Louis Rams to secure the franchise’s first Super Bowl win. Belichick and Brady would famously go on to win six Super Bowl titles before Brady’s departure to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers following the 2019 season.
Brady went on to win another Super Bowl in Tampa Bay, his seventh, while Belichick was tasked with replacing the best player in the history of the sport…something that the Patriots are still struggling with as the club holds a 4-12 record heading into week 18.
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