For a brief moment, Bill Belichick to the Atlanta Falcons felt inevitable. And then, just as suddenly, it was impossible.
The Falcons’ coaching search feels like it happened a small lifetime ago, but in reality it was just a few short months ago. The feverish reporting that the Falcons were interested in Belichick and Blank was enamored with him gave way to a Raheem Morris hire, and one of the greatest living coaches in NFL history wound up without a job in this hiring cycle.
You’re probably tired of hearing about it by now—I know I’m tired of reporters and league analysts taking the occasional potshot at the Falcons for not hiring Morris, a coach I’m quite excited about—but ESPN dropped a big story this morning from Don Van Natta Jr.