Bill Belichick and Patriots? Dallas Cowboys Legend Michael Irvin Says 'Let Him Go!'

Bill Belichick and his reign with the New England Patriots? Dallas Cowboys Legend Michael Irvin Says 'Let Him Go!'

FRISCO - Dallas Cowboys legend Michael Irvin knows something about an organization's painful breakup with a successful coach; indeed, Jimmy Johnson's infamous 1994 divorce from Cowboys owner Jerry Jones still pains "The Playmaker.''

And now along comes the New England Patriots and their situation with Bill Belichick - with Irvin thinking it is time for another painful divorce.

"I think it's best for both parties to go their separate ways,'' Irvin said this week on FS1, reviewing New England's 3-10 campaign. "You get your assets for Bill Belichick and let him go somewhere else. You get a chance to start with something."

The "assets'' part of this is tricky, as Irvin surely knows. Belichick still wants to coach. And he will still be coveted, despite his team's four-year slide in a post-Tom Brady time.

But would his new team - the Commanders or the Panthers or the Chargers (no, not the Cowboys, despite the goofy rumors) really want to "trade'' for the coach?

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One offshoot of that: Belichick would be joining a team that would be even more difficult to rebuild if that team gives up a first-round pick, as is rumored.

“This win will not save his job. Bill Belichick needs a new destination.”@MichaelIrvin88 on the Patriots win over Steelers on TNF pic.twitter.com/kqJISKg6CZ

— The Facility (@TheFacilityFS1) December 8, 2023

Would the 71-year-old Belichick prefer to be fired, so a trade wasn't needed? Will his next team give him the power that he has enjoyed for his 24-year reign in Foxboro? And is he really a panacea for a bad franchise?

Those answers we do not have. But Belichick having no future with the Patriots? Michael Irvin probably has the correct answer there.