Even 24 years ago – before Bill Belichick was hired to coach the Patriots, before he won six more Super Bowl rings, or became the second-winningest NFL coach of all time – he would’ve had the resume to secure the Atlanta Falcons head coaching vacancy this offseason.
According to an ESPN report by Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham and Jeremy Fowler, the former Patriots boss was confident that he had the job in the bag. In fact, he was reportedly “shocked” to find out that the Falcons chose another candidate over him.
The rest of the world, too, was shocked when Falcons owner Arthur Blank announced on Jan.