Report: Invoice Belichick’s pals worry Patriots coach is ‘on the new seat’ in 2023

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“Robert Kraft already made it clear in March that he needs the Patriots to make the postseason.”

Given the unequaled resume that he has crafted over twenty years in New England, one may assume that Invoice Belichick wouldn’t have to be wanting over his shoulder relating to job safety.

However a current column by The Boston Globe’s Ben Volin famous that the Patriots’ head coach may be on unsteady floor going into the 2023 season. 

Volin’s column sheds gentle on the connection between Robert Kraft and Mac Jones, reporting that the quarterback “apparently is loads tighter with” the group proprietor than anticipated, which, as Volin wrote, “could possibly be hassle for” Belichick.

“Robert Kraft already made it clear in March that he needs the Patriots to make the postseason and win a playoff recreation for the primary time in 5 years,” Volin wrote. “He additionally paid Jerod Mayo handsomely to maintain him off the teaching market and sure views him because the group’s coach-in-waiting. And Belichick’s pals have privately mentioned they’re apprehensive that he’s on the new seat in 2023.”

Jones had a season to overlook in 2022, however the younger quarterback wasn’t precisely aided by a dysfunctional teaching employees that noticed Matt Patricia and Joe Choose wrestle to craft a succesful offensive unit.

Since Tom Brady left New England in March 2020, Belichick and the Patriots have fallen beneath the lofty expectations that they’ve set for themselves through the years.

In two of the final three seasons, New England completed beneath .500 and missed the playoffs. Their final postseason win got here again on Feb. 3, 2019 throughout Tremendous Bowl LIII in opposition to the Rams.

Talking earlier this 12 months, Robert Kraft acknowledged that the Patriots’ play over the previous couple of years has left loads to be desired.

“I used to be very dissatisfied with the way in which our season went,” Kraft mentioned on the NFL Annual League Assembly again in March. “I had the privilege of being a fan for many years earlier than shopping for the group. I feel ultimately, I’m nonetheless a fan.

“My goal for our group is that we make the playoffs. …. I assumed final 12 months, we had gone three years with out [a playoffs win], and I assumed we had been ready to do it. The season, we completed beneath .500 … so I assumed adjustments needed to be made.”

However when requested about Belichick’s current monitor document, Kraft did provide up a vote of confidence in his longtime head coach relating to the group’s current personnel choices.

“I feel Invoice is phenomenal at what he does and I’ve given him the liberty to make the alternatives and do the issues that have to be executed,” Kraft mentioned. “His soccer mind and data is unparalleled from what I’ve seen. Simply whenever you speak to him, the small issues analytically that he seems to be at.

“However ultimately, it is a enterprise. You both execute and win otherwise you don’t. That’s the place we’re at. I feel we’re in a transition part. I feel we’ve made some strikes this 12 months that I personally am comfy with and I nonetheless consider in Invoice.”