As the New England Patriots continue to mull Bill Belichick's future with the organization, two things that don't seem likely to happen are a firing or a trade.
Per ESPN's Jeremy Fowler, Patriots owner Robert Kraft is "sensitive to the narrative" of firing arguably the most successful head coach in NFL history, but there's not a sense of momentum for a potential trade if the team wants to move on:
"The Patriots coaching staff is mostly out of the building as the organization awaits clarity on Bill Belichick's future. Belichick, who wasn't in the building much Tuesday, has told his staff it can get away and that they would all reconvene at a later date, sort of a business-as-usual stance.