Could Bill Belichick actually get another NFL head coaching job?
According to NFL insider Josina Anderson on Tuesday, “at least two NFL teams” are still expected to have interest in talking to Bill Belichick, behind-the-scenes at the very least, about head coach jobs” on the upcoming coaching carousel. She added a third team could enter the mix.
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Hiring Belichick, particularly after his lackluster finish with the New England Patriots and his disastrous first year at North Carolina, would be a huge gamble for any NFL team. It’d reek of sincere desperation.
Fortunately for Belichick, sincere desperation gets people jobs in the NFL all the time. Let’s look at three franchises who would make sense as being desperate enough to give Belichcik another NFL head coaching job.
The Browns hired Belichick for his first head coaching job in the early 1990s, and we wonder if the franchise would consider bringing him back after firing him after five seasons. Belichick, of course, did pretty well for himself after being cut in Cleveland, and you could see the team being desperate enough after so much losing to hire him.
The Cardinals have languished for years, and it’s not hard to see them pushing all the chips in on Belichick for a franchise jumpstart. Perhaps Belichick could get the most out of veteran quarterback Kyler Murray, who is still on a big-money deal with the franchise? For an Arizona team searching for relevancy, Belichick might sound appealing.
Anderson mentioned a third team could enter the mix to talk to Belichick if it made a key personnel change. It’s hard not to think of the Giants, who fired coach Brian Daboll but kept general manager Joe Schoen. If Schoen is let go, would that open the door for Belichick to talk to New York, where he won Super Bowls as a defensive coordinator? Belichick denied interest in New York and any other NFL opening, but we’re skeptical.
