Belichick refuses to talk about future with Patriots

New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick on Wednesday declined to discuss his future amid reports that team owner Robert Kraft has decided to fire the coach who won six Super Bowl titles with the team. at the end of the season. franchise.

He was asked several times if he would return, if he wants to return or if he had talked about 2024 with Kraft. Bill Belichick indicated that he is only focused right now on Sunday’s game against the Kansas City Chiefs.

“I’m getting ready for Kansas City,” Bill Belichick said. “That’s what I’m doing”.

NBC Sports Boston reported Tuesday night that Kraft left the Patriots’ 10-6 loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Germany on Nov. 12 determined to fire the coach who, along with quarterback Tom Brady, led the franchise. . . to win six NFL championships and 17 AFC East titles in 19 years.

“He made a decision,” the station said. “At the end of the year they would take different paths.”

The Patriots did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Bill Belichick’s six NFL titles (he won two more as an assistant with the New York Giants) are the most by a head coach in NFL history. He ranks second in coaching wins and needs 16 more to pass Don Shula of the Miami Dolphins.

But the Patriots (3-10) are headed for their third losing season in four years. They haven’t won a playoff game since Tom Brady left for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020.

After the Patriots finished third in their division last season, Kraft sent a letter to season ticket holders promising they would improve.

“We can assure you that no one in the organization is satisfied with the results of the last campaign,” he wrote. “In the coming weeks we will make a crucial critical evaluation of the elements of the sports operation as we try to improve and return to the playoffs next year.”

However, this year they have lost five games in a row, including losses of 10-6, 10-7 and 6-0 in consecutive weeks; Although they beat the Pittsburgh Steelers on Thursday night, the Patriots were mathematically eliminated from the postseason on Sunday.