Bill Belichick's Next Coaching Move: Is Atlanta a Perfect Fit?
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00:03 Cap, where do you expect Bill Belichick to go?
00:05 I don't think there's any indication that this guy's
00:07 done coaching in the NFL.
00:08 What are you hearing?
00:10 Oh, yeah, he's definitely going to coach.
00:11 Although it's interesting, you know,
00:12 many years ago in NFL films, did the documentary on him.
00:17 He said he didn't see himself coaching in the '70s,
00:19 but here we are.
00:20 He's in his '70s, and his friend,
00:21 one of his best friends, Nick Saban, just retired at 72.
00:24 But the bottom line is, with Belichick,
00:26 he absolutely wants to coach.
00:28 Keep an eye on Atlanta, and here's the reason why.
00:31 Remember, Thomas Dimitrov was a former general manager who
00:34 was a protege of Belichick.
00:35 Dimitrov, Dan Quinn got the Super Bowl.
00:39 That's a big one to keep an eye on there.
00:40 And you know, see, the thing with Arthur Blank
00:42 is, as a man who's obviously advanced age,
00:46 they don't want to rebuild.
00:47 They spent, I'm told, over $80 million in free agent dollars
00:52 this past cycle in March and April.
00:54 And they want to make a drive here to move this thing forward
00:56 and get back to Super Bowl very quickly.
00:59 And that, to me, is-- that would appeal to Belichick.
01:03 And here's a guy who's not looking to sort of rebuild now.
01:06 He wants to get another ring and puts his seventh on his thumb.
01:09 So that's a team to keep an eye on here.
01:13 But the thing is, though, when clubs look at the hiring cycle,
01:17 if you--
01:17 rather, Falcons don't know who their starting quarterback's
01:19 going to be.
01:20 The big reason why Ben Johnson, by the way,
01:22 is such a hot commodity, particularly
01:23 with teams who are looking to develop a quarterback,
01:25 look at the job he's done with Jared Goff, folks.
01:28 I mean, people thought he was going on quite frankly
01:31 finished.
01:32 And Brad Holmes, the general manager who he worked with,
01:35 with the Rams, Brad was their college director.
01:38 And Brad put his name on the line
01:40 there and traded for Goff.
01:41 And Ben Johnson got on everybody's radar
01:43 with his work last season.
01:44 That's why he's the number one guy.
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