Since Bill Belichick didn't have to worry about playing against the Patriots, he hopes the NFL makes a simple rule change so fewer teams will be tempted to do so.
The NFL has changed its draft order after the Giants' win over the Colts on Sunday dropped them from No. 1 to No. 4 and removed a clear path to selecting quarterback Shedule Sanders. The topic is how to decide. 2025 NFL Draft quarterback Cam Ward and two-way star Travis Hunter.
Even though Belichick's former team holds the No. 1 pick, the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach will decide the rankings based on performance and the strength of the tie-breaking schedule, as he does now. I believe in the draft lottery system.
“I was never involved in [tanking] But I don't know what's going to happen elsewhere,” Belichick said Monday on his weekly appearance on “The Pat McAfee Show.” “It's not like the NBA. The NBA rectified that by introducing a lottery. So even if you're the worst team, you're not guaranteed the No. 1 pick. In the NFL, that's not the case at all. If you’re the worst team, you still get the first pick.”
The newly hired head football coach at North Carolina State believes that adopting an NBA-like lottery system to the NFL would not be “a bad idea for the competitiveness of the sport.”
“If that were the case, we wouldn't be having this conversation — well, we might be having it, but there would be other circumstances as well as your record,” Belichick said. . But that's not a decision for me to make, just a suggestion. ”
The Giants' victory on Sunday changed the draft order, with the Patriots in first, the Titans in second and the Browns in third, with all four teams having 3 wins and 13 losses.
Big Blue could fall even further if they beat the Eagles on Sunday, which is exactly where Belichick is trying to move up in the draft lottery.
