After 24 seasons with the New England Patriots, legendary head coach Bill Belichick parted ways with the franchise, which then named former player Jerod Mayo its new leader on the sideline.
With the Patriots heading into an extensive rebuilding process with a new head coach and rookie quarterback Drake Maye, Belichick hit the market as the most prominent name available this offseason. But he somewhat surprisingly failed to find another job despite interest from teams like the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Commanders.
As Belichick has come to terms with the fact that he won’t be coaching during the 2024 NFL season, he has made the move into the media space.
Although the 72-year-old is making the rounds with appearances on the “ManningCast” and “The Pat McAfee Show,” the consensus is he’ll be a top candidate for head coach vacancies during the upcoming offseason.
However, longtime NFL insider Peter King thinks Belichick needs to change things up if and when he returns to coaching.
“I want to see how accepting he is to some new stuff in football, to analytics. … I think there’s more information than ever and he needs to start taking advantage of that information,” King said on “The Dan Patrick Show.”
“I want to see how accepting he is to some new stuff in football, to analytics… I think there’s more information then ever and he needs to start taking advantage of that information.”
–@Peter_King talks the possibility of Bill Belichick returning to the #NFL next season pic.twitter.com/fHTuoVQ4Sc
— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) October 2, 2024
After quarterback Tom Brady left the Patriots to sign with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Patriots were never the same despite Belichick’s best efforts to get them back on track.
Things seemed to get worse and worse in New England in the post-Brady era, which may mean Belichick does need to shake things up whenever he finds a new coaching gig in the league.
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