Patriots Tremendous Bowl champion thinks Invoice Belichick might find yourself teaching one other NFL group

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“I do not see him constructing wood ships in his free time and taking part in along with his canines.”

All eyes have been fixated on Invoice Belichick amid the Patriots’ woeful 1-5 begin to the 2023 season.

One of many major architects of New England’s unprecedented two-decade run of dominance, the standard considering surrounding Belichick and his future with the Patriots has normally revolved across the Corridor-of-Fame coach in the end going out on his personal phrases when the time involves retire.

Such a storybook ending might not be a tenable possibility now — not with the post-Brady Patriots floundering and Belichick’s roster building efforts resulting in catastrophe.

However with Belichick nonetheless 18 wins away from surpassing Don Shula for essentially the most head-coaching victories in NFL historical past, it doesn’t look like the longtime Patriots coach is eager on waking away any time quickly.

As such, former Patriots defensive finish and Tremendous Bowl LI champion Chris Lengthy wouldn’t be stunned if Belichick opts to chase Shula’s file elsewhere — particularly if New England’s disastrous season in the end ends with him and Robert Kraft parting methods. 

“I believe it might finish with Invoice teaching some other place in some unspecified time in the future. Like why not? The man loves ball,” Lengthy stated on The Wealthy Eisen Present on Monday. “I don’t see him constructing wood ships in his free time and taking part in along with his canines. I don’t assume he’s gonna be doing mannequin tall ships his entire life. I do know he likes lacrosse, however you go to a few these video games? You’re like, ugh — I need to coach soccer.”

Lengthy was not the one former NFLer who speculated that Belichick would possibly need to coach elsewhere if his time in New England does come to a detailed.

Speaking on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show” on Monday morning, former NFL QB and present CBS analyst Boomer Esiason speculated {that a} teaching emptiness with the New York Giants may very well be interesting to Belichick — particularly if New York holds the next draft choose than New England this offseason. 

“It’s hypothesis. It’s a whole lot of enjoyable. … I simply speculated that if the Giants have been going to be as dangerous as they’re, and let’s say they find yourself with the primary total draft choose, and I don’t know, possibly Bob Kraft and Invoice Belichick resolve, ‘Okay, it’s time to maneuver on.’ There’s just one different group that I believe Invoice Belichick would ever coach, and that may be the New York Giants,” Esiason stated. “He loves the New York Giants.

“And I do know he desires to get that file. I’d need to get that file if I have been him. That’s the win file for head coaches in his league. And he’s going to want about two to a few, possibly 4, years to try this. And if Bob Kraft doesn’t need to provide him the chance to try this and that state of affairs performs itself out. I might see that taking place. In order that’s what we do in sports activities speak radio.”

Regardless of Belichick’s lofty resume with the Patriots, every part that would have gone fallacious seemingly has for New England to this point in 2023.

Belichick’s group has been dealt loads of dangerous luck so far as accidents this season, particularly on the defensive facet of the ball with stalwarts like Christian Gonzalez and Matthew Judon on the mend.

However whether or not it’s poor O-line play, Mac Jones’ regression from his Professional-Bowl rookie season and varied personnel strikes which have blown up in Belichick’s face, the Patriots are observing an unsure future, even when this depressing season leads to a excessive draft choose.

“It’s form of poetic, although,” Lengthy famous. “I imply give it some thought. Invoice, you consider this man who desires to do something to win. Like that’s been nicely documented — would he lose to win [a high draft pick]? I believe he would possibly already be shedding to win. And typically you don’t have to teach to lose. Like, it’s only a dangerous setup. And among the personnel selections? You go to Vegas final 12 months, not that the Chandler Jones thing is recent. And it’s form of only a coincidence, however he’s the man that beat you.

 After which this 12 months, you go and Josh McDaniels beats you once more, and Jakobi Meyers is catching touchdowns ultimately zone. The reminders are all over the place for New England. And I believe for followers, they’re like, ‘What the hell occurred?’ It’s loopy.”