Cowboys Next Coach? Belichick Turns Heads With Deep Analysis of Dallas Woes
By Mike Fisher,
9 hours ago
FRISCO - I'll admit it: When listening to Bill Belichick talk about most anything, I find it impossible to avoid laboring to peer inside the lines in search of devious intentions.
I sense ulterior motives. Conspiracy theories. A football vulture planning his next meal.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is now making it clear he has no plans to fire sitting coach Mike McCarthy in-season. But it is also clear that McCarthy, a lame duck as his contract is up after this season, is not likely in the 2025 plans - and will, rather, be a head that rolls when it's "Blow It Up/Remodel'' time.
A potential Jones and Belichick marriage is an open NFL secret, with Belichick having planted some seeds even last season while he was coaching his last season in New England, and fortified by Jerry's unprompted announcement that he "could work with'' his "friend'' Belichick.
And now? The Patriots exiled czar, speaking this week on "Monday Night Football's'' "Manningcast,'' is turning heads with his deep dive into all things Cowboys.
“It certainly looks like a tough situation down there in Dallas, and I'm sure that ownership is very frustrated about not only the start of this season but the end of last season. And it's just tough," Belichick said. "They had a great year last year and then had a very poor performance against Green Bay in the playoffs. Got off to a good start this year in Cleveland, and then it's been pretty rocky since then."
"Pretty rocky,'' indeed. But note his empathetic mention of "ownership.'' ... as if it's not ownership's fault. He continues ...
"Meanwhile, Stephen and Jerry Jones have shelled out a lot of money to some very high-profile players and have tried to give the team as many resources as they can to win and just haven't had good results,'' Belichick said.
Again ... a defense of the Joneses. How convenient.
Belichick did praise McCarthy, defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer and special teams coordinator John "Bones" Fassel, essentially terming each of them among "the best coaches in the league.''
Continued Belichick, "But for some reason it's just not coming together. ... I don't know enough internally about what that is, but I would say it's really on everybody that’s gotta play, coach and just generally perform better.”
I am going to suggest that Belichick "knows more internally'' than he's letting on. That hardly makes Bill to Big D in 2025 a lock; there will be vacancies elsewhere, maybe including with his sentimental favorite the New York Giants. But I don't believe Bill Belichick flaps his gums just to fill space.
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