The Atlanta Falcons are the only team to interview Bill Belichick since parting ways with the New England Patriots on Jan. 11. According to multiple reports, the Falcons interviewed Belichick twice. The first involved interviews with team owner Arthur Blank and the second with Blank, team CEO Rich McKay and other executives.
Blank ultimately decided to go in a different direction and hired Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris as the Falcons’ new head coach on Thursday. Morris was a member of the Falcons coaching staff from 2015 to 2020. He replaced Dan Quinn as the team’s interim head coach during the 2020 campaign.
Next Beat: With Drake May Jayden Daniels: What will make them great? So why didn’t the Falcons hire Belichick? Yahoo! According to Charles Robinson of! The sport certainly seems to want Belichick to have the same power in Atlanta that he had for years in New England.“According to sources with knowledge of the Falcons and Blank, the crossover was an element of the realignment that needed to occur within the Falcons to increase the chances of Belichick being hired,” Robinson wrote. Blank and Belichick never discussed detailed plans for how the reins would work under the head coach, but sources said the meeting with Blank assured Belichick that the full range of football operations, personnel and coaching would be his responsibility.
He said it became clear. . You have to fall under the ‘decision making umbrella’.Belichick, who has full control over the roster and coaching decisions in New England, has had impressive results as the Patriots have won six Super Bowl titles from 2001 to 2018. But that type of setup is becoming increasingly rare in the NFL from today. As Robinson points out, this setup can be difficult to implement once the structure is in place.It doesn’t help that Belichick has missed the playoffs three times in the last four years since Tom Brady left the Patriots after the 2019 season.
One of the biggest reasons for the Patriots’ recent struggles has been their poor representation and lack of success in free agency. These are two areas where Belichick has had many strengths.What’s next for Belichick? There are two head coaching vacancies – the Seattle Seahawks and the Washington Commanders – and Belichick has long been in the running for both positions. At this point, Belichick may need to take a year off from coaching and see what jobs open up over the next 12 months.
