Bill Belichick has not found a new coaching job in the NFL for the 2024 season. His former players Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski can’t understand this

Bill Belichick was considered a hot candidate for the position of head coach at the Atlanta Falcons. Talks between the long-time successful coach of the New England Patriots and the Falcons’ management are said to have taken place.

In the end, however, the choice fell on Raheem Morris.

Belichick’s former companions are surprised that the most successful head coach in NFL history (six Super Bowl victories) has not found a new coaching position following his departure from the Patriots.

“I think Atlanta would have been the best place for him,” Rob Gronkowski told “Fox News Digital”.

However, the former tight end has his suspicions as to why the coach and franchise couldn’t come to an agreement: “I don’t think the Atlanta Falcons organization wanted to give up that much power and let Coach Belichick make all the decisions. Otherwise, I think Coach Belichick would have been a perfect fit. “

Former quarterback Tom Brady, who won the Super Bowl six times with Belichick and later again with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, expressed little understanding to the “Let’s Go! podcast” for the fact that his former coach has not been rehired by an NFL team.

“I don’t know the criteria for hiring coaches. I was never a part of it,” the “GOAT” emphasized: “But I’m surprised that the greatest coach of all time doesn’t have a job, absolutely. But I’m surprised by a lot of things in the NFL. “

Did Belichick turn down the Falcons?

However, it may have been Belichick himself who put an end to the potential collaboration with the Falcons. As former quarterback Boomer Esiason told the radio show “Boomer and Gio” on “WFAN”, an NFL official told him that Falcons owner Arthur Blank had offered Belichick the job.

However, he couldn’t say why Belichick decided against the possible job offer: “I don’t know why people say no, but an NFL official told me that they believe Arthur Blank offered Bill the job. “