Bill Belichick has been coaching in the NFL for a long time – 29 years, to be exact – but he has never had a season quite as bad as this season with the New England Patriots.
As Michael David Smith of Pro Football Talk points out, regardless of whether the Patriots win or lose in Sunday’s game against the New York Jets, they will have the worst record this season of any season in which Belichick has ever served as an NFL head coach.
“The Patriots are 4-12, which means that whether they win or lose in Sunday’s season finale against the Jets, they’ll finish with the worst record of Belichick’s coaching career. He previously went 5-11 twice, once in his final season as head coach of the Browns and once in his first season as head coach of the Patriots,” Smith wrote for Pro Football Talk on Thursday morning.
It’s obviously horrible news for Belichick, and the NFL world had a lot to say about it on social media as a result.
Not so easy without Tom Brady covering for you.
— 🏈J-Rich🏀 (@Traphouse_23) January 4, 2024
He just can’t do it without Brady
— Arthur Slugworth (@BroSchembechler) January 4, 2024
Thanks Bill. We appreciate everything you have done in the past, but it’s time to go.
— Jim Doherty (@JDPatsFanatic) January 4, 2024
Thank you Billy for holding out so long and exposing yourself as just another replacement level coach.
— MegaWeapon (In the Path of Totality) (@mega1480) January 4, 2024
Wait till next year! Could be even worse if Belichick stays and they dont get a better QB than Zappe!
I like Belichick without Brady, good for laughs!https://t.co/YwrRto2NnD— MZiegelheim (@pastposttime) January 4, 2024
With the struggles Belichick has faced this season, there’s a chance that Sunday’s game against the Jets will be the last he ever coaches with the team. We’ll have to see if that’s the case.
