While the Atlanta Falcons remain the heavy favorites to win the Bill Belichick sweepstakes, one prominent NFL sportswriter is proposing the idea of the legendary head coach joining a top AFC team.
The Falcons have already completed two interviews with Belichick. With the Tennessee Titans hiring Brian Callahan as their new head coach, only Atlanta and four other teams have head coaching vacancies: The Carolina Panthers, Los Angeles Chargers, Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders.
Speaking on the latest edition of his podcast (h/t Matt Ehalt of the New York Post), The Ringer’s Bill Simmons floated the idea of Belichick going to a familiar team and longtime Patriots rival in the Buffalo Bills:
“Belichick going to Buffalo, though. I kinda like it. I don’t know if he’d stay in the AFC East but it does have the Jets, who he owns, he gets to go against [Robert] Kraft every year, which there is a little bit of residue and bad blood, gets Miami, gets an awesome QB, gets a team that can win between 10-13, he breaks the record in two years.
If you’re Buffalo, aren’t you like, ‘Hey, let’s get Bill Belichick, how much money you want?’ And then he gets to live in Buffalo, he can wear heavy hats and big parkas and just be super cold, and if you’re Buffalo fans, you’re like, ‘Hey, maybe this will end our curse, we get Bill Belichick.'”
Simmons isn’t the only one thinking about this idea. Former Bills and New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan, a longtime nemesis of Belichick and the Patriots, also brought up the possibility during his appearance on ESPN’s “DiPietro & Rothenberg” program.
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Many fans are calling for the Bills to fire head coach Sean McDermott following a third straight loss in the AFC Divisional Round. But at this time, there aren’t any hints that Bills ownership is looking at a change.
Unlike the NBA and NHL, it’s rare for a head coach with constant regular season success to get fired — even if his team has consistently underperformed in the postseason. Having guided Buffalo to five straight playoff appearances, and six trips in his seven years on the job, it looks like McDermott is going to get at least another year to try and get this team over the hump.
