One of the biggest surprises of the NFL offseason is that Bill Belichick has miraculously gone unclaimed.
Sure, there are many people who feel the game has passed him by. Some feel like no team should trust Belichick with the keys to their franchise.
However, two things remain as true as ever: #1. He’s the greatest coach in NFL history. #2. You can bet your ass he still wants to coach.
In other words, it’s only a matter of time before some lucky organization comes to their senses and hires him.
“As a coach you want to play to the strengths of your players, instead of having a system and forcing the players to play the system.
You want to tailor what you do to the strengths of your players.”
– Bill Belichick pic.twitter.com/luVZY3h4TO
— Coach Dan Casey (@CoachDanCasey) March 7, 2024
Unfortunately for Belichick, it looks like he’ll have to sit out the entire 2024 season as he waits to see what jobs come open.
Could John Mara and the New York Giants come calling if Brian Daboll doesn’t take a significant step forward next season? … After all, Belichick has been outspoken about how coaching the G-Men is his dream job.
Or could Jerry Jones and the Dallas Cowboys be gifted another shot at Belichick? … Jones is somewhat surprisingly giving Mike McCarthy one final shot to lead the Boys to the Super Bowl. If he fails, don’t be shocked if he makes a run at Bill.
Similar situation in Philadelphia as it’s no secret that Nick Sirianni enters the 2024 season on very thin ice … The players love him for the most part. But he was exposed last season after he lost coordinators Shane Steichen and Jonathan Gannon.
Never Forget when Randy Moss got Bill Belichick to show up to his Halloween party 😂
pic.twitter.com/5zMwV6HePH— Footballism (@FootbaIIism) March 20, 2024
But never mind all that. We’ll have plenty of time to speculate on which teams might enter the Belichick sweepstakes.
For now, Belichick has more free time on his hands than he has in decades. When he’s not on dates, he is said to be shopping a book to potential publishers.
Bill Belichick spotted with mystery brunette in Boston: ‘Clearly a date’ https://t.co/vxs7GuaAEH pic.twitter.com/sC8tegRZUx
— New York Post (@nypost) March 18, 2024
But come football season, he is going to have to quench his thirst.
He’ll surely make a few tours around training camps to visit his (few) friends in the fraternity. However, he’s going to want to be more involved in some way, shape or form.
Somewhat surprisingly, he is said to be interested in doing some broadcasting work. It’s no secret that Belichick doesn’t exactly love being in front of a camera. However, as we’ve come to find out over the years, he is more than willing to geek-out and ramble on and on about football – just as long as it’s not about his team.
Luckily, he doesn’t have that problem anymore.
Steve Belichick weighs in on his father’s next chapter 👀 #Belichick pic.twitter.com/08KL76aqzv
— Green Light with Chris Long (@greenlight) February 24, 2024
According to Andrew Marchand of The Athletic, Belichick has already met with executives from both CBS and NBC about possibly joining their networks.
However, there is an extremely interesting third party who is trying to bring Belichick onboard: Peyton Manning and Omaha Productions.
BREAKING: Peyton Manning is pursuing Bill Belichick to join Omaha productions to do a TV show, per @TheAthletic.
If a deal gets done, the idea of teaming Belichick and Nick Saban on ESPN is expected to be broached.
THIS WOULD BE ELECTRIC🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/O5DM2p7UUd
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) March 6, 2024
Manning recently expressed his admiration for Belichick’s intellect and humor, stating: “If it comes to fruition, I think fans will be excited to see how incredibly brilliant Bill Belichick is when talking about football and how witty and funny he is.”
NEWS: Peyton Manning is going to the Olympics with NBC.@AndrewMarchand spoke to Manning about joining NBC’s Olympics coverage, trying to hire Bill Belichick and more ⤵️https://t.co/KGTAdw5krf pic.twitter.com/VTbmXA3T6W
— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) March 13, 2024
Of course, Manning had countless battles against Belichick’s Patriots when he was a member of both the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos.
The rivalry might have been dubbed “Brady vs. Manning,” and that’s certainly accurate … However, it was every bit as much “Belichick vs. Manning” due to Bill’s brilliant defensive schemes designed to combat Peyton.
Bill belichick doing TV would be phenomenal
— 𝐵𝓇𝒾𝒶𝓃 𝒫𝑒𝓁𝑜 (@Brian_Pelo) January 7, 2024
Interestingly, you would have to consider Manning and Omaha Productions as arguably the favorite to land Belichick.
After all, Manning would be able to offer Belichick more flexibility than any traditional network could.
As strict and routine-obsessed as Manning tends to be, you would have to think he’d allow Belichick to work as much or as little as he’d like, within reason of course.
He could even involve Belichick’s good friend Nick Saban who just retired and is entering the broadcasting world himself.
There’s already rumors of a “ManningCast” type broadcast featuring Belichick and Saban. (Who wouldn’t want to watch that?!) … Along with a possible (Belichick) “Places,” which is a staple series of Omaha Productions.
A Bill Belichick-Nick Saban broadcast would be the definition of football heaven. Please bless us, football gods.
ESPN and Omaha Productions are interested in creating a "ManningCast" featuring Belichick and Saban, per @AndrewMarchand pic.twitter.com/DfXqJVJpW3
— Bussin' With The Boys (@BussinWTB) March 6, 2024
What do you think the future holds for Belichick?
Will he indeed enter the broadcasting world?
Would a studio analyst spot on a traditional network such as CBS or NBC be best? … Or would Manning and Omaha bring out the best in him?
Most importantly, where do you think he ends up coaching next???
Too much negativity around the Patriots Dynasty right now so here's 6 minutes (one for every Pats Super Bowl ring) of Bill Belichick gushing over Tom Brady pic.twitter.com/7gH05Y09it
— TCL (@TitleTalkTCL) March 9, 2024