Jets might’ve delivered final Bill Belichick blow in ‘great way’ to send him out
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. You saw it when Breece Hall dived headfirst into the end-zone snow at the end of a 50-yard touchdown run and Jets teammates dived along with him and here came the snow angels.
You saw it by the smile on co-owner Christopher Johnsons face as he greeted players entering the locker room after Jets 17, Patriots 3. And then you heard it in a visiting locker room that has known only pain and agony and humiliation, from players who represent a franchise that had lost 15 consecutive games to Bill Belichick … until Sunday, when they sent their tormentor out with a loss in his likely last game as coach of the New England Patriots.
Good Riddance from the New York Jets.
Now we dont gotta go into the first Patriots game next year talking about that damn streak, Tyler Conklin said. And the fact that its probably Bills last game I guess makes it a little better. Being a Jet and the streak that they had against us, to beat them when he was still there definitely makes it better than if we woulda beat them when he wasnt there.
5The Jets managed to defeat Bill Belichick to snap their 15-game losing streak against the Patriots. Getty ImagesThere was joy etched on second-year safety Tony Adams face as he talked about his interception of Bailey Zappe.
Me and my homeboys, we were on the phone, and itll be like, Itll be crazy if I get a pick on Bill Belichicks last game. Ill go down in history! Adams said.
He was waiting for someone to deliver him the ball.
Thats gonna stay with me forever. My homeboy said to see if hell sign it, Adams said.
Well, good luck with that.
5Tony Adams (22) celebrates after he intercepted Bailey Zappe. Getty ImagesDynasties die, and the most remarkable one in NFL history given the era, is over, barring a Tuck Rule Hail Mary Miracle 11th-hour agreement with Robert and Jonathan Kraft that no one envisions.
In the last minutes, Belichick wore a mask over his face and all you could see were his eyes. The snow that had been falling on Belichicks wool cap accompanied him to the postgame handshake with Robert Saleh, to the locker room, where he addressed his Patriots, likely for the last time.
5Bill Belichick wore a mask over his face as he embraced Robert Saleh postgame. APThe Jets way, a great way for us to send him out would be a loss, Solomon Thomas said.
It is time for him to go … and when Winning Time ends, few would argue that 24 years in one place is way past ones expiration date at one place.
Especially after hitting what they may as well call Plymouth Rock Bottom.
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Check out more newslettersWhether you can get a win on him its always special, Saleh said.
C.J. Mosley had never beaten Belichick, with Baltimore and with the Jets until the Evil Empire ended once and for all.
Is it official now? Mosley asked.
It will be.
Happier that we got the win, and that he cant celebrate it against the Jets, Mosley said.
You can win six Super Bowl championships and be hailed universally as The GOAT and Black Monday or Black Tuesday or Wednesday will stalk you anyway.
Love him or hate him, New England wont see the likes of him again. He has been New Englands Lombardi. He has been New Englands Sinatra: he did it his way.
The end of the yellow brick road doesnt mean it will be easy to follow in the mans footsteps.
Phil Bengston followed Lombardi. Ray Handley followed Bill Parcells. Ben McAdoo followed Tom Coughlin. Get the picture?
Belichick saw six Jets head coaches ome and go, and now it is his turn because they let him shop for the wrong groceries for the dinners he cooked.
The debate will continue to rage over who meant more to the Dynasty, him or Tom Brady. The pro-Brady faction has a leg up because he won that seventh Super Bowl without Belichick and Belichick could not win one without Brady.
5Bill Belichick talks with Aaron Rodgers before Sunday’s game between the Jets and the Patriots. Getty ImagesI look at it this way: Neither would have hoisted six Lombardi trophies as Patriots without the other.
It is safe to conclude, however, that Belichick underestimated what a 40-something Brady would have meant to his Super Bowl ambitions.
In a hoarse voice, a Belichick who seemed sadder than usual said afterwards: Not anything that any of us are in any way content with, but it is what it is.
He volunteered only that he would meet with Kraft sometime this week and still enjoys coaching.
He addressed questions only about the game.
Any different feelings coming off the field?
5Bill Belichick walks down stairs following his postgame press conference Sunday. Getty ImagesDisappointed about the way the game turned out, sure, he said.
Do you expect to be coaching the team here next year?
Disappointed in the way the game finished, yeah, he said.
Is it your preference to come back next season and coach the team?
Yeah so just finished the game here with the Jets, put everything I had into it. Disappointed in the results, Belichick said.
Ding Dong, the Wicked Witch of the AFC East is dead.
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