New England Patriots Rumors: Trading Bill Belichick the definition of irony

Would or should the New England Patriots entertain the idea of trading head coach Bill Belichick? One NFL pundit discusses.

Let’s face it, maybe Bill Belichick just doesn’t have his coaching touch anymore. As the New England Patriots continue to struggle on the field, the six-time Super Bowl winning head coach is understandably under the spotlight.

Cap issues, bad drafting, trades that didn’t work out, letting Tom Brady walk out that door are all reasons the Patriots currently sit at 2-5 with a lack of talent in some key spots. Celebrated for getting rid of star players a year or so too soon rather than later, Belichick could find himself in that same position as a coach.

Imagine the irony in Robert Kraft and the New England Patriots organization actually entertaining the idea of trading the future Hall-of-Fame head coach while he still has some coaching left in him. It’s not a dumb idea says Football Morning in America’s Peter King during an appearance on WEEI’s The Greg Hill Show this week.

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ght not be as great as expected in trading the 68-year-old coach, King wouldn’t rule out the possibility if Belichick did want try his hand in another organization.

"“I have absolutely no idea if he would want that or not,” Kings said, as transcribed by WEEI. “If you traded him to be the HC of the NYJ would Bill have any desire to do that at all? And, if you did that you’re trading the first pick in the draft and next year’s 1 for Bill Belichick? Maybe if you say we’ll trade you the Jamal Adams’ pick at the end of the round and something else, that would be interesting. I also think, and again I do not know this at all, but just my gut feeling, there’s a big difference for Belichick between the New York Giants and the New York Jets.”"

Trading Bill Belichick would be ironic, wouldn’t it be?

The idea of the New York Jets is the absolute definition of irony in itself in that Kraft acquired Bill Belichick from the Jets back in 2000. It turned out to be a trade that set both teams down different paths. While the Jets went down a path of mediocracy, a two-decade dynasty was built at the hands of Belichick in New England.

Now that that dynasty is crumbling, trading the head coach now may be the best direction for Robert Kraft while there is still some value.

As for the New England Patriots as a team, maybe it’s time for a new voice in the locker room. Perhaps it’s time for a younger voice, someone more energetic. While Bill Belichick has been the best head coach in the NFL for the last two decades, it could be that the game has passed him by. We are seeing other coaches out-coach him almost on a weekly basis. We are also seeing players shy away from New England as a destination.

Is that more because the great Tom Brady is not there anymore or are players starting not to want to play for a coach who wasn’t considered a player’s coach up until a few seasons ago.

Right now, any idea of trading Bill Belichick would be “hogwash” in the actual words of Robert Kraft, but if the losing continues this season, it would start to be an interesting concept, especially if the possible destination was the New York Giants and Belichick’s coaching successor, Josh McDaniels, seemingly waiting to take over the helm.

It would be ironic wouldn’t it?

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Actually, the definition of ironic in NFL terms if the New England Patriots getting rid of a Hall-of-Fame coach in Bill Belichick a year too too early rather than too late. Richard Seymour, Wes Welker, Logan Mankins, Vince Wilfork and Tom Brady would certainly be singing the lyrics to that popular 1996 Alanis Morissette hit.

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