With the New England Patriots most recent loss to the New York Jets on Sunday, six-time Super Bowl champion head coach Bill Belichick made some NFL history – but not the kind of NFL history he would have liked to be making.
As Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk points out, that loss put Bill Belichick in a three-way tie for the most losses by an NFL head coach in his coaching career.
“The Patriots’ loss to the Jets on Sunday was the 165th regular-season loss of Belichick’s coaching career. That moves him into a three-way tie with Dan Reeves and Jeff Fisher for the most regular-season losses in NFL history,” Smith wrote for Pro Football Talk on Tuesday.
“Counting the postseason, Belichick has lost 178 games in his head-coaching career. That also ties him for the most ever, with Tom Landry, who also lost 178 games combined between the regular season and the postseason.”
Obviously, this is some pretty horrible news for Belichick, and it led to a lot of reactions on social media.
This is a good example of what success looks like. You want to win SBs? You want to survive the eb and flow of building an NFL roster? It's going to be stretches of highs and tough seasons of losses. There is no long term 100% winning formula. https://t.co/vGsLathTcl
— Dan Lavoie (@ActualDanLavoie) January 9, 2024
I'm sorry but this is not a resume bullet point for the greatest coach of all time.🤨 https://t.co/tyuC4uoV1m
— Douglass Sloan (@DougSloan) January 9, 2024
I believe if Bill Belichick continues to coach in the NFL his best landing spot is the #Chargers who have plenty to gain from Belichick's cache & name & nothing to lose in giving him more control & money. https://t.co/3zn0SqcISl
— JAYFORCE (@Jayforce) January 9, 2024
I don’t think that’s the record he wants to be associated with. He’s still gunning for Shula.
— T. (@Tbar_1020) January 9, 2024
Regular season with Brady and without.
With 146-46
Without 81-98Still the greatest of all time?
— Lambeau West (@KwaiChangCaine) January 9, 2024
I’ve been saying it for years, can’t win with this guy. https://t.co/DBHUzsDWq9
— Colin Ryan (@Colin_ryan9) January 9, 2024
We’ll have to see if Belichick has a chance to bounce back next season with the Patriots or perhaps is hired somewhere else if the Patriots decide to let him go.
