If we told you five years ago that Bill Belichick couldn’t get a job as an NFL head coach you rightfully might have called us crazy. However, that’s practically an eternity in a league that changes so much from season to season, and right now Belichick’s stock hasn’t been lower since the turn of the millenium.
According to Patriots beat reporter Jeff Howe, Belichick is a long shot to land one of the two remaining head coach openings around the NFL: the Seahawks and the Commanders.
Bill Belichick is currently viewed as a long shot for the Commanders and Seahawks coaching vacancies, sources said. It’d take a change of direction for something to happen with either team.
— Jeff Howe (@jeffphowe) January 25, 2024
Belichick remains one of the greatest defensive minds in the business and his New Engand teams remained elite on that side of the ball even as their offense fell apart without Tom Brady there to hold it together. However, his work as a GM never really measured up compared to what he did on the field, at least on one side of the ball. Under his reign, the Patriots literally never found a quality wide receiver in the draft and they were lacking at too many other positions to stay competitive in a now-brutal AFC East.
We expect that Belichick will be back in the league some day, but it appears it won’t be in 2024. He has not been among Seattle’s reported head coach candidates, nor Washington’s.
Speaking of the Seahawks, they have gone through two rounds of interviews with several coordinators around the NFL. While there’s been no reporting on who they might actually hire, they do seem to be leaning towards a defensive head coach.
It would be a nice surprise to get one of the young offensive Xs and Os mastermind coordinators around the league like Ben Johnson or Bobby Slowik, but our best guess is they will pick a more experienced, defense/motivational type coach like Dan Quinn or Mike Vrabel.
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