Pittsburgh Steelers legend, Corridor of Fame head coach and present CBS Sports activities NFL analyst Invoice Cowher has a concept on why groups seemingly handed on hiring Invoice Belichick this offseason.
“He’s not getting any youthful,” Cowher mentioned about Belichick from the positioning of Tremendous Bowl LVIII on Tuesday, as shared by Ryan Dunleavy and Steve Serby of the New York Publish. “It’s a younger man’s recreation. Let’s face it. You might be always attempting to get the younger infusion.”
Particularly, Cowher talked about how 39-year-old head coach DeMeco Ryans and rookie quarterback C.J. Stroud guided the Houston Texans to a playoff victory of their first season working collectively.
“We’re all in search of that type of instantaneous factor — a younger quarterback and a younger head coach paired collectively like a younger Invoice Belichick and a younger Tom Brady,” Cowher added.
Belichick turns 72 years outdated in April.
NFL insider Jeff Howe of The Athletic wrote for a chunk printed final week that “a rising concern over the coach’s skill to narrate to this era of gamers” was one motive groups such because the Atlanta Falcons, Seattle Seahawks and Washington Commanders employed candidates apart from Belichick this winter.
Nevertheless, Boomer Esiason of CBS Sports activities not too long ago mentioned that he heard from “an NFL govt” who thinks Falcons proprietor Arthur Clean “provided” Belichick the job of head coach however not the facility to make personnel and draft choices.
The suggestion that Belichick rejected Clean’s alleged provide is spreading amongst folks in Las Vegas this week.
“When he comes into the constructing, he needs the constructing,” Esiason mentioned Tuesday about what might or might not have occurred concerning Belichick remaining a free agent. “The proprietor needs to be keen to say, ‘You possibly can have the complete constructing as a result of the folks we’ve got in listed below are so inept that I’ve to do away with them.’ The Falcons have a reasonably good constructing — they’ve had fairly good drafts. The one factor they’ve been lacking is a top-end quarterback.”
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs head coach Andy Reid strongly hinted on Tuesday he will not retire following this Sunday’s Tremendous Bowl LVIII matchup versus the San Francisco 49ers whatever the recreation’s final result.
Assuming Reid stays put, Belichick must wait till the subsequent hiring cycle to attempt to turn out to be a head coach once more.
