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Bill Belichick has been here before. There are just a few days left until the NFL regular season officially ends, and one more game left to play. For the third time in four years, Belichick couldn’t take a pile of rusty buckets and turn them into a gold bar, so the 4-12 New England Patriots aren’t headed to the playoffs. Belichick is again hearing questions about his future and whether or not his time with the Patriots is up, but this year it’s more than just idle sports radio chatter. New England could really move on from Belichick.
But Belichick wouldn’t be Belichick if he let any of that stuff get to him. As he said on WEEI’s “The Greg Hill Show,” the only future he’s focused on is the Week 18 game against the New York Jets. He can’t let himself get distracted by thinking about the future or the past, since that detracts from his mission of winning football games.
“Whatever success I have had, I’ve tried to go about my job the same way every week — win, lose, good years, bad years, whatever they are,” Belichick said via Mike Reiss of ESPN. “Each week, get ready to go for that week, do the best you can to help your team win, and after that game move on to the next one. And at the end of the season, that’s the end of the season.
“But on a week-to-week basis, I don’t want to spend time, or get caught up in what happened 5 years ago, or what’s going to happen 2 years from now, and a bunch of other random stuff. Just working on the Jets. … I’m committed to the team that I’m coaching right now, the players that are here. They deserve my best every day and that’s what I’m going to give them.”
ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 31: Head coach Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots looks on during the first half of a game against the Buffalo Bills at Highmark Stadium on December 31, 2023 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images)
The question of Belichick’s future appears to be far from decided. The Pats were horrendous this year, but it’s not…
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Publish date : 2024-01-02 17:23:41
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