The NFL’s head-coaching jobs are quickly getting crammed, and legendary coach Invoice Belichick continues to be with no job following his departure from the New England Patriots. The Atlanta Falcons and Los Angeles Chargers appeared to be the 2 most reasonable locations coming into the offseason, however these jobs have been crammed over the previous 24 hours by Raheem Morris and Jim Harbaugh, respectively.
Belichick had met with Atlanta not less than two instances earlier than the staff determined to go together with Morris.
As of Thursday night, the one two groups within the NFL that do not need a head coach are the Washington Commanders and Seattle Seahawks.
So let’s check out what his remaining choices could possibly be as head teaching jobs proceed to be crammed.
1. Get employed in Seattle or Washington
The simplest resolution is the obvious. There are nonetheless two head-coaching jobs open, however he must not less than be thought-about a risk for both of them. Washington has deep-pocketed homeowners who’re making an attempt to place their stamp on the once-proud franchise, and hiring one of the crucial profitable head coaches in NFL historical past would in all probability carry extra pleasure to the Commanders group than they’ve had in many years. He would even be able with the No. 2 general decide to get a possible franchise quarterback to begin rebuilding the staff round.
It does appear probably, nonetheless, that each the Commanders and Seahawks have their sights set on coordinators who’re nonetheless teaching on this 12 months’s convention championship video games and are simply ready for the chance to rent them.
2. Take a 12 months off
That is at all times an choice, and it’s not unusual for coaches — even profitable coaches — to take a 12 months off from the grind and are available again throughout one other hiring cycle. If he wished, he might in all probability get a job with any community as an analyst. It might give him a chance to take a step again, re-evaluate his course of and get a fowl’s-eye view of the NFL as a complete, and take one other run at a head teaching job when extra — and maybe higher — jobs turn out to be obtainable subsequent season. Maybe even throughout the season if a coach will get fired early on after a sluggish begin.
3. One other job opening up this offseason
At this level it looks like an extended shot, however there’s nonetheless the opportunity of one other staff within the NFL that may really feel it is just a head coach away from profitable a Tremendous Bowl, and taking a run on the man who gained six championships as a head coach.
Is it actually unreasonable to suppose {that a} staff — just like the Dallas Cowboys or the New York Giants, or even perhaps the Tampa Bay Buccaneers or New Orleans Saints — sees a future Corridor of Fame coach nonetheless obtainable and decides that possibly it ought to re-evaluate retaining its present coach?
Would the Buffalo Payments brass have a look at a staff that has made only one AFC Championship Recreation (and 0 Tremendous Bowls) with Josh Allen contemplate upgrading on Sean McDermott?
4. Retirement
This could be the least probably of the potential choices. He wants simply 15 wins to turn out to be the winningest head coach in NFL historical past, and the actual fact he interviewed with Atlanta makes it appear to be teaching continues to be very a lot on his radar. Being so near the all-time wins file must be a giant motivating issue, and it makes it tough to think about him simply strolling away from teaching fully.
No matter path he in the end follows, this isn’t the offseason anyone anticipated for Belichick. There was at all times a perception that if he have been to ever turn out to be obtainable, he would have one other head-coaching job nearly instantly.
It has not labored out that means, whether or not resulting from his personal private choice or different groups eager to go in numerous instructions.
