Once unthought of, it seems like a more realistic possibility than ever that Bill Belichick could finish his career outside of Foxborough, Massachusetts.
In his latest Football Morning In America column, longtime sportswriter Peter King pondered what lies ahead for the six-time Super Bowl winner should the Patriots to struggle post-Tom Brady.
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Writing:
The Patriots are 25-26 since Tom Brady left the team, with zero playoff wins, and listening to Robert Kraft talk like Belichick—we care about performance, not individual records—I’m starting to wonder what happens to Belichick, who turns 71 in two weeks, if the Patriots sink to the bottom of the AFC East. It’s certainly possible, with Aaron Rodgers likely to enter the division and the Patriots clearly inferior to the Bills and Dolphins recently. Say the Patriots go 7-10 each of the next two years, and Belichick is five wins from passing Don Shula. WWKD? What will Kraft do? He may move on. If so, it would not surprise me to see Belichick coach another team for a couple of years.
It hasn’t been easy for the Patriots since Brady left. And frankly, it wasn’t so great his last year in New England either.