The Patriot’s head coach Bill Belichick completed his 48th season as an NFL coach in 2022. He joined the Patriots as HC in 2000 and was the person who used to coach second-year quarterback Tom Brady and led the team to become six-time Super Bowl winners.
The New England Patriots and their winning ways have come to be associated with the HC throughout his time in New England. Regardless of the fact that the Patriots’ winning streak began to wane after the departure of their star quarterback Brady. The coach of the Patriots is now on track to declare himself the NFL’s most losing coach rather than the league’s most successful coach.
Bill Belichick is set to break the record for most losses
Prior to his time with the Patriots, he was appointed head coach of the Browns in 1991 due to his success with the Giants, which included helping them win two Super Bowls in 1987 and 1991. The 71-year-old is in his 23rd campaign as the New England Patriots’ head coach.
His 329 career victories are 19 wins short of Don Shula’s NFL record for the longest winning streak, which stands at 347. Over the years, his coaching legacy has been built on a foundation of unmatched success.
Yet, after the reign of Tom Terrific, the light of the torch of Belichick seems to be dimming gradually as his record without Brady is below .500 and the Patriots have gone 25-25. Nevertheless, instead of breaking the history of most winning, the Patriots coach has a tendency to break the losing streak record according to CBS Sports,
“If Bill Belichick coaches for at least two more seasons, there’s a good chance that he’s going to set the record for most wins by a coach in NFL history. However, before he breaks that record, there’s a possibility that he could end up breaking another mark first: The record for most losses by a coach.”
The coach is currently fifth on the list of NFL coaches with the most losses for 165, including playoff losses, and is only 13 losses short of tying Tom Landry’s all-time record of 178 losses. Therefore, if he continues in his coaching role for an additional two seasons, the reporter’s claim is more likely to come true.
Belichick takes the blame for the Patriots’ offen165sive struggles
In the midst of the Patriots’ futile offensive attempts, Bill made a bizarre choice regarding Joe Judge and Matt Patricia for which he received a lot of criticism. Josh McDaniels, the team’s longtime offensive coordinator, left, and Matt Patricia was elevated to take his place by Belichick.
Joe Judge was also brought back to coach the quarterbacks. As a result, the team had the NFL’s least effective red zone offense and ranked 26th in total yards, so his choice showed him to be the team’s worst decision-maker.
After a 22-18 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals as the Patriots coach was asked about the failure of the offensive lineup, he took the blame on his shoulders saying, “I’m the head coach”.
"I'm the head coach." – Bill Belichick when asked about the offenses failures to get past midfield until the end of the 3rd quarter and if he deserves blame (as he has said throughout the year) #Patriots
— Mike Giardi (@MikeGiardi) December 24, 2022
Even though Belichick’s dysfunctional decisions and Brady’s departure from the team caused the boat of his reigning era to capsize, the Belichick era was once a fantasy land for the Patriots. Will those times return? As things stand, the possibility seems rather unlikely.
