It’s possible that Bill Belichick received a head coaching offer after all.According to reports, the renowned former Patriots coach had two interviews with the Falcons but was not hired. He also did not land with any of the other teams that had openings.Even at seventy-one, Belichick’s lack of interest was somewhat unexpected considering his backgroundAn NFL executive informed Boomer Esiason that Bill Belichick was offered the head coaching position by the Falcons, but he declined the offer.
However, Boomer Esiason, the host of WFAN and a former NFL quarterback, asserts that Belichick made the initial offer to the Falcons and that owner Arthur Blank was not interested in the team.During his Monday “Boomer and Gio” show, Esiason stated, “I was told yesterday, and I do believe it from the source that I got it from, that supposedly Arthur Blank was bought in to Bill Belichick and could have offered him the job.””I don’t know why guys say no, but an NFL executive told me straight up that they think Bill was offered the job by Arthur Blank. It’s possible that the offer had certain conditions attached to it, but you never know. It’s never like, “Hey Bill, here’s a five-year contract, you do whatever you want.” It wasn’t one of those, I believe.
Instead of Arthur Smith, the Falcons selected Raheem Morris, the defensive coordinator for the Rams, to take over as head coach.”From the way it was put together and sounded, it seemed to be saying, ‘Well, I know you’re worried, but you’re going to have to deal with some of this and we want you to be the coach.'”
