Report: Bill Belichick is biding his time for a shot at these three NFC teams
Belichick is reportedly interested in three teams in the same division.
Bill Belichick is expected to sign with Omaha Productions, the entertainment company run by longtime rival Peyton Manning, according to ESPN.
Belichick has some other plans in the works, including travel and writing a book, according to the report.
But, Belichick reportedly remains focused on returning to coaching next year.
“He is believed to be biding his time until next January for openings on teams he has told confidants he would be interested in coaching: the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants,” the ESPN report reads. “A source who spoke with a longtime friend of Belichick said the friend wonders if the coach will have another opportunity: “I don’t think Bill Belichick will ever be a head coach again in the National Football League,” the friend said. “Unless it’s [for] Jerry Jones.”
None of the three teams the report mentioned have openings at the moment.
The Cowboys retained Mike McCarthy after they were bounced in the first round of the playoffs. Former Belichick assistant Brian Daboll has another shot with the Giants after surviving a 6-11 season. Nick Sirianni, who has lost to the Bucanneers in the Wild Card round in two of his three seasons, remains with the Eagles.
Belichick ended this year’s coaching cycle without a job after the Patriots finished 4-13 last season.
He is expected to be an analyst with Omaha Productions. His book is expected to be a “football leadership guide” somewhat similar to Bill Walsh’s “Finding the Winning Edge.”
ESPN asked one of Belichick’s confidants why he plans to write the book if he’s still intent on coaching.
“Why give away his secrets? The answer was that Belichick could write everything and still not disclose much,” the reports said. “He can explain the design and structure, the theories and tenets, the guardrails and bullet points, but how someone thinks cannot be replicated. No book can tell a coach to refrain from calling timeout with 30 seconds left in the Super Bowl and the opponent a yard away from victory. The system is Belichick. Was Belichick.”
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