Reported by Don Van Natta Jr., Seth Wickersham and Jeremy Fowler
ON THE MORNING of Jan. 25, a few hours before the Atlanta Falcons named Raheem Morris to be their next head coach, Bill Belichick believed the job was his.
The second-winningest head coach in NFL history had interviewed twice with the Falcons -- a one-on-one session with owner Arthur Blank on his superyacht, followed by a lengthy interview with Blank and team executives at Blank's home after Belichick flew to Atlanta on one of the owner's private jets.
From Belichick's perspective, according to sources close to him, he had done everything right.