“[Belichick] burned a lot of bridges over his career,” a high-ranking team exec told The Athletic.
As of Thursday, there are three openings after the Bears, Jets and Saints parted ways with their coaches midway through the 2024 season.
A team currently seeking a coach “had already ruled out the idea of interviewing Belichick,” a league source told The Athletic.
ESPN added that those around Belichick had decided the Bears were the most intriguing option of those three, but that Chicago was more likely to go with an offensive-minded choice for QB Caleb Williams — such as Lions coordinator Ben Johnson.
The Jets, with whom Belichick infamously resigned as head coach on a napkin in 2000, “were never considered a possibility.”