The 2024 season will mark the primary in 38 years that Invoice Belichick has not coached in some capability on the NFL stage. Whereas the 72-year-old turned down an assistant job with the San Francisco 49ers, a return to the sidelines in 2025 is all however assured.
The query of the place Belichick in the end lands remains to be removed from being determined, nevertheless it’s by no means too early to dissect the probabilities. Here is an up to date have a look at a number of potential matches and why these touchdown spots make sense.
Chicago Bears
Following an offseason filled with large additions, the Bears are seemingly all in for 2024. In the event that they fail, head coach Matt Eberflus could must fall on the sword.
There is not a lot linking Belichick to the Bears, however they’ve one commodity he covets—a younger quarterback to mildew, Caleb Williams. Together with an improved protection and a stockpile of weapons on offense, Chicago may very well be one of many extra enticing choices.
In the meantime, the Bears at the moment have the third-best odds of touchdown Belichick.
Dallas Cowboys
Mike McCarthy has struggled to get the Cowboys over the hump, going 1-3 within the postseason over 4 seasons. In the meantime, 2024 is a lame-duck year for the top coach, coming into the ultimate 12 months of his contract.
Barring a Tremendous Bowl victory or a really deep playoff run, McCarthy’s time is probably going up. In that case, the Cowboys might want to make a giant splash, and there is none greater than Belichick, who former head coach Eric Mangini believes can be the “best option” for Dallas.
Maybe Belichick coming to Arlington is destiny. In spite of everything, he advised Jerry Jones in 1996 to not neglect about him if a possibility offered itself, one thing the Cowboys proprietor has admitted previously to interested by “often.”
New York Giants
The Giants are seemingly going backward following a 6-11 end in 2023 and the lack of their star operating again, Saquon Barkley, to the division-rival Philadelphia Eagles. If issues proceed to go south, that would spell the top for head coach Brian Daboll and basic supervisor Joel Schoen, making Belichick, already an improve, much more interesting.
Former star operating again Tiki Barber claims Daboll and Schoen are safe. Nevertheless, issues can change rapidly within the NFL, particularly for shedding groups.
In the meantime, Belichick has a historical past with the Giants, and his relationship with co-owner John Mara and the Mara household goes again to 1985 when his teaching profession started with the franchise. Fences might need mending, however the pair have two Lombardi Trophies collectively to fall again on, and there is perhaps potential for extra in the event that they reunite.
Philadelphia Eagles
Belichick’s title turned tied to the Eagles following the staff’s devastating late-season collapse in 2023. Head coach Nick Sirianni will get one other shot in 2024, however the six-time Tremendous Bowl winner nonetheless looms within the background.
The Eagles enter this season with championship aspirations and a roster able to delivering them. In the event that they fall brief once more with Sirianni steering the ship, that would result in change, particularly if Belichick remains to be an possibility.
In all probability, he shall be, and in keeping with ESPN insider Jeremy Fowler, it is a job the previous New England Patriots boss might want in “the worst way.” In the meantime, Tom Curran of NBC Sports activities Boston mentioned the Eagles have been the early favorite to land Belichick.