Bill Belichick Should Be NFL’s Favorite Coach of the Year As He Creates His 2021 Masterpiece

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – No matter who you ask, the 2020 campaign is a forgettable campaign in New England. The team missed the knockout stages for the first time since 2008 and under .500 (record 7-9) for the first time since Bill Belichick’s first season as Patriots head coach back in 2000. On a macro and more catastrophic level, the team also lost the quarterback in their first season after Tom Brady. As Robert Kraft described it at one point last season, New England’s 2020 season is “disgusting.”

How things have changed.

The Patriots took just 12 weeks to earn more wins than they did all of last season after going 8-4 after a 36-13 win last year. Tennessee Titans at Gillette Stadium. This gave New England a sixth straight win and now leaves them alone with first place in the AFC East and potentially a top seed in the game.

“Look, eight games isn’t enough to win anything or win anything,” Belichick said after the game. “We have a long way to go.”

Of course, Belichick is right. The Patriots still have plenty of ways to go – including two big games against Buffalo Bills in the coming weeks – before they can trumpet themselves like anything. That said, as they have now surpassed their win total of a year ago with four still on the schedule, it seems worthy to say this – Bill Belichick is creating a coaching masterpiece training.

In just one year, the head coach has effectively overhauled most of the key pillars on his roster, and the buttons he pressed along the way have made New England look like the old Patriots at the time. this in the season. This season, Belichick brings in the likes of Matthew Judon, Hunter Henry, and Kendrick Bourne in a free agent spend the franchise has never seen before, and those players became the main fixture on the respective sides of the ball and the pieces that mattered for close rotation. like immediately.

Not only that, Belichick passed the key of the attack to the rookie Mac Jones right out the gate, and with each passing week, the young midfielder is showing signs of improvement, courtesy of his own work ethic and the same coaching he receives on a daily basis.

Through this winning streak, Belichick’s defense has become elite and especially focused on moments of pressure. In their previous four games – including the most recent win over Tennessee – the Patriots have edged their opponents 63-0 in the second half. It’s certainly a credit to the coaching adjustment made at the break by Belichick – along with his assistants – with a keen sense of what their team can and cannot do in a single game. given week and adjust accordingly.

Despite being widely regarded as the greatest head coach of all time, Belichick has only won Coach of the Year three times in his career with the most recent being back in 2010. If New England continues on its way For now, he should be keeping an eye on fourth place and possibly even more prestigious hardware for his entire team.