Former New England Patriots tight finish and present Fox Sports activities NFL analyst Rob Gronkowski is kind of aware of Invoice Belichick. He has a idea on why Atlanta Falcons proprietor Arthur Clean employed Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris to be the membership’s head coach as an alternative of Belichick.
“I really feel like what occurred is that I don’t suppose that the Atlanta Falcons group wished to surrender that a lot energy and provides all the choices to educate Belichick,” Gronkowski informed Ryan Gaydos of Fox Information Digital. “Aside from that, I feel coach Belichick would have been the right match.”
Gronkowski is not the primary individual to counsel that folks inside the Falcons group “nudged” Clean away from handing Belichick the keys to the dominion. Throughout Monday’s version of the WFAN “Boomer and Gio” present, retired quarterback and present CBS Sports activities NFL analyst Boomer Esiason mentioned that “an NFL govt” Esiason spoke with is satisfied that Clean “provided Invoice the job” however maybe with “caveats” relating to how a lot energy Belichick would have because it pertains to personnel and draft choices.
As for what’s subsequent for Belichick, Gronkowski defined why he thinks the six-time Tremendous Bowl champion head coach ought to spend a season away from the sidelines.
“I feel coach Belichick ought to take a 12 months off from teaching,” Gronkowski mentioned. “I imply, he’s put his time in. He’s been teaching for 50 years-plus straight, too, within the NFL. I imply, he can take a 12 months off, reinvent himself, [go] discover himself, go take pleasure in one thing different than simply soccer.”
It is thought Belichick might spend subsequent season working as an in-studio NFL analyst for one of many league’s media companions. As Moses Massena of the Barrett Sports activities Media web site talked about, CBS might have a number of openings for its “The NFL Right this moment” program following Tremendous Bowl LVIII.
“I feel it will be nice for him after which have him come again subsequent 12 months, resurrected and able to go and put a show on wherever he lands a head teaching job subsequent 12 months,” Gronkowski added about Belichick presumably taking a 12 months off from teaching.
Belichick turns 73 years previous in April 2025 and, thus, might solely spend two or three extra seasons teaching earlier than he retires for good. If it is true that at the least some house owners have been turned off by Belichick’s age this winter, they actually will not really feel any higher in regards to the state of affairs 11 months from now.
