The Philadelphia Eagles have ultimately decided to stick with head coach Nick Sirianni for another season, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t consider hiring Bill Belichick instead, and it doesn’t mean they couldn’t do it in the future.
During a recent appearance on 98.5 The Sports Hub, Greg Bedard of the Boston Sports Journal revealed that the Philadelphia Eagles “were very interested” in Bill Belichick if they did not decide to move forward with Sirianni.
“Probably the most interesting thing that I’ve heard, and again this is just Senior Bowl rumor mill, is that the Eagles were very interested in Belichick if things didn’t work out with Nick Sirianni and they could be at the front of the line if things again go poorly for him next year,” Bedard said on the show, according to Erin Walsh of Bleacher Report.
In fact, Bedard thinks that the Eagles were one of the teams who reached out to Belichick before the season even ended.
“I told you guys that before the end of the season that teams had already reached out to Bill, backchanneled on Bill, I thought the Falcons were definitely one of them,” Bedard said. “I’m now pretty convinced that the Eagles were the other one. When things were going south, they thought this might end poorly with Sirianni and I wouldn’t be surprised given the relationship that [G.M.] Howie [Roseman] and Bill have that the Eagles were one of those teams to backchannel through Bill.”
Obviously, this is pretty shocking news, and the NFL world had a lot to say about it on social media.
Opinion | With each non-interview and missed job offer, Belichick’s stock is rising https://t.co/tIDCzakJly
— Boston Globe Pitchbot (@BostonSatire) January 31, 2024
BB did have a lot of high praise of Howie before the week 1 game https://t.co/7aze5Ecdbo
— PhillyFanInMA (@OfftheRailsPod2) January 31, 2024
The Dallas job is waiting for him in 2025 and everyone knows it 😂 https://t.co/eMUmXAd7Fv
— U-Goboy (@U_goBoy) January 31, 2024
I would love to see how Bill would get along with either Howie or Jerry!
Get your popcorn!— Diablo USAF™ (@StevenMasterson) January 31, 2024
The man loves the Giants more than any team, I can't see him going to Dallas or Philly. I think if the giants struggle again he's going to be coaching the Giants
— Chris Gabe (@CTGabe) January 31, 2024
Ya think Bill could handle Philly?
— GeraldLSU94 (@Starkravinloon) January 31, 2024
We’ll have to see whether or not the Eagles consider making this move next year.
