The Bill Belichick and Eagles rumors aren’t going away quietly.
As Philadelphia moves forward with head coach Nick Sirianni after an embarrassing first-round exit and numerous coordinator changes, the buzz linking the Eagles and legendary Patriots coach continues on Saturday in Mobile, Alabama. Even as the Senior Bowl approaches, it still hasn’t disappeared. .
During the performance on Tuesday 98.5 Appeared on Sports Hub’s “Felger & Maz”Greg Bedard of the Boston Sports Journal said the Eagles “were very interested in Belichick if things didn’t work out” with Sirianni, and that team endured a second-half collapse, losing five of its final six games. Lost the match. Super Bowl berth.
“Probably the most interesting thing I’ve heard, and this is also just Senior Bowl gossip, is that the Eagles are very interested in Belichick if things with Nick Sirianni don’t work out, and if they “It means he could be on the front line. If things get bad again next year, he’ll be out,” Bedard said.
When Michael Felger responded, “Maybe he didn’t get along with Nick Sirianni,” referring to Tampa Bay’s 32-9 win over Philadelphia in the wild-card round, Bedard responded to the Eagles’ former coach. , cited an earlier scenario with Doug Pederson. He was fired after the 2020 season, when the team finished with 4 wins, 11 losses, and 1 draw.
“Yeah, but like Doug Pederson, Doug Pederson was back until we had a postseason meeting.” [general manager] Howie [Roseman] and [team owner] Jeffrey Lurie. And they wanted Doug Pederson to do certain things and fire certain people, and he didn’t do that, so he was fired. Apparently, Nick Sirianni was amenable to all of that and they decided to keep him for another year,” Bedard said.
The Eagles underwent a major coaching overhaul to start the new year, firing offensive coordinator Brian Johnson and defensive coordinator Sean Desai, replacing them with Kellen Moore and Vic Fangio, respectively.
Fangio joined the Eagles after abruptly leaving the Dolphins after making the playoffs, while Moore just completed his first season with the Chargers.
Bedard even suggested the Eagles could be one of the teams reaching out to Belichick before the six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach parted ways with the Patriots after 24 seasons earlier this month.
“Remember, before the end of the season, I told you guys that each team had already reached out to the Bills through back channels. I thought the Falcons were definitely one of them. Now and Now, I’m pretty sure the Eagles were the other one. When things were going downhill, they thought things might not work out with Sirianni, but given Howie and Bill’s relationship, “I wouldn’t be surprised if the Eagles were one of the teams to backchannel through the Bills,” he said.
Belichick was rumored to be linked to the Falcons after the Atlanta brass fired head coach Arthur Smith after three losing seasons.
Belichick interviewed twice for the head coaching vacancy, but the Falcons hired former Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris.
Belichick could step away from coaching in 2024 and move into television.
Regardless of Belichick’s next move, NFL front offices will likely be watching.
