Following the humbling loss to the Buffalo Bills, some New England Patriots fans want to consider moving on from Bill Belichick.
The New England Patriots didn’t have a fun time when facing the Buffalo Bills. In fact, one of the worst losses in Bill Belichick’s career came at the hands of the Bills.
Well, okay, a few of the worst losses in his career have happened because of Buffalo.
The Buffalo Bills just had the NFL’s first ever perfect offensive game.
— Brett Kollmann (@BrettKollmann) January 16, 2022
No punts. No picks. No fumbles lost. No field goals. All touchdowns on every single drive until the kneel downs.
And they did it against a top five defense.
That’s… not good.
If you’re the Patriots that is. It’s actually really good if you’re a Bills fan, but the folks in New England aren’t thrilled with the outcome of this game. They’re so incensed that they’re discussing Belichick’s future and whether or not it’s time for the team to move on from the legendary coach.
Worst Patriots loss in the Belichick era:
— StatMuse (@statmuse) January 16, 2022
By 31 points in 2003
By 30 points tonight
By 29 points in 2020
All to the Bills. pic.twitter.com/OHmOJPhBwG
New England Patriots: Fans sound off on Bill Belichick after humiliating loss to Buffalo Bills
New England fans aren’t happy with how their team performed against a really good Bills team. Now, some of them are willing to consider their team’s future without one of the greatest coaches of all time.
It’s time for Robert Kraft to fire Bill Belichick. He has taken the team to 6 SuperBowl wins but his time is done #firebill
— Quienten Lara (@QuientenL) January 16, 2022
Bill Belichick should fire himself. His son Steve Belichick should not be running the Defense. They have Jerrod Mayo who is being considered for a HC job and Matt Patricia who was the DC for 6 years. Josh McDaniels bad play calling all year. Henry & Smith package did nothing.
— Michael Peterson (@MikePita) January 16, 2022
It is worth noting that every coach’s career comes to an end at some point. For some it ends better than others. But still, maybe it’s worth thinking that maybe Belichick is past his prime?
Thank you for everything BB. But you have to be fired because we all know you will not fire Steven.
— PSS (@PS19w) January 16, 2022
But it’s always worth considering that Belichick isn’t the issue here. Maybe it’s just another relatively down year for a franchise that has some pieces that need to be replaced this offseason?
Or maybe it’s time to start over entirely. Of course, they could always fire everyone. Literally everyone. Fire them all and start over from scratch. Dumping everything is certainly a strategy the Patriots could try.
@Patriots Fire everyone!!!!! Bring in real coordinators and real players
— Steven Calheta (@scalheta) January 16, 2022
The Patriots are done for the season. This loss is bad (horrifying, in fact), but it may not be the end of the world. In fact, it probably isn’t.