Earlier this week, Patriots owner Robert Kraft put coach Bill Belichick on the hot seat. If Belichick doesn’t get back to the playoffs for the third time in four years, it could be over for Belichick in New England.
So let’s spin it forward. If the Patriots fail to qualify for the postseason in 2023, and if Kraft decides it’s time to move on, what happens to Belichick?
He could walk away for a year or longer. He doesn’t need to do it. But coaching is so much of who he is and who he has been, how could he just pull the plug?