All eyes have been fixated on Bill Belichick amid the Patriots’ woeful 1-5 start to the 2023 season.
One of the primary architects of New England’s unprecedented two-decade run of dominance, the conventional thinking surrounding Belichick and his future with the Patriots has usually revolved around the Hall-of-Fame coach ultimately going out on his own terms when the time comes to retire.
Such a storybook ending may not be a tenable option now — not with the post-Brady Patriots floundering and Belichick’s roster construction efforts leading to disaster.
But with Belichick still 18 wins away from surpassing Don Shula for the most head-coaching victories in NFL history, it doesn’t seem like the longtime Patriots coach is keen on waking away any time soon.