Bills Could Hire 'Dark Horse' Belichick, Fire Coach Sean McDermott, Suggests Simmons

Buffalo Bills Could Hire 'Dark Horse' Belichick, Fire Coach Sean McDermott, Suggests Simmons

Bill Simmons is now a sports entertainment giant, and good for him. But down deep? He's a Boston sports fan with a comedic bent.

And that's why - no disrespect - it's difficult to take him seriously when he "reports'' on something involving his beloved New England Patriots.

Or, really, when he "reports'' on anything at all.

The legendary Patriots head coach Bill Belichick remains available - and contrary to what his media sycophants have been trying to peddle, the NFL is not exactly clamoring for his services. The Atlanta Falcons have already interviewed Belichick for the job. ... and that's it.

So Simmons has another idea. And it involves the Buffalo Bills.

Simmons is "reporting'' that the reason the “the Atlanta thing'' hasn't happened yet is because, he says, "the executives are there are trying — and I’ve heard this, I’m telling you from so many different people — basically (owner) Arthur Blank wants to hire Bill Belichick, and all the front office people in Atlanta don’t want to hire Belichick because ... they just want to keep their jobs, they’re in job preservation mode.''

Simmons said this on his podcast, and again, he is suggesting that he has multiple sources who are telling him, essentially, that Blank hasn't hired Belichick yet because "all the front office people'' are against it and playing CYA?!

Maybe. Or is Simmons trying to be funny?

Simmons also mentioned that the Bills could be a dark horse landing spot for Belichick, saying ...

“Belichick going to Buffalo, though. I kinda like it. I don’t know if he’d stay in the but it does have the Jets, who he owns, he gets to go against [Robert] Kraft every year, which there is a little bit of residue and bad blood, gets Miami, gets an awesome QB, gets a team that can win between 10-13 ...''

OK. Are we "reporting'' here or are we "telling jokes''?

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Said Simmons, “If you’re Buffalo, aren’t you like, ‘Hey, let’s get Bill Belichick, how much money you want?’ And then he gets to live in Buffalo, he can wear heavy hats and big parkas and just be super cold, and if you’re Buffalo fans, you’re like, ‘Hey, maybe this will end our curse, we get Bill Belichick.’"

One more time: Are we "reporting'' here or are we "telling jokes''?