Patriots’ Bill Belichick Gives 6-Word Response On ‘Lucrative’ Contract

The New England Patriots finished the game against the Buffalo Bills with a 29-25 score, but something else caught everyone’s attention. Ian Rapoport from NFL Network reported that head coach Bill Belichick signed a “lucrative” and “multi-year” contract extension with the Patriots.

“From @NFLGameDay: This past offseason, #Patriots coach Bill Belichick quietly agreed to a lucrative multi-year new contract, sources say. That, at least, adds some context to the discussions about the greatest coach in NFL history.”

Belichick is one of the three NFL coaches to have 200 wins. George Halas is second and Don Shula is still on the top of the list.

It may have been a good deal, but Belichick didn’t say a word about it.

Bill Belichick declines opportunity to talk about his contract, asks for a softball from Zo, doesn’t get it, beats himself up for bad coaching moment, insults his own golf game. Action-packed 90 seconds or so. pic.twitter.com/R5uVrzX9j0

— Michael Hurley (@michaelFhurley) October 22, 2023

“I never talk about my contract,” Belichick said after the game. “Focus on the game, try and focus on Buffalo. Then I’ll focus on Miami. You can count on that.”

Belichick will have to retire at some point. Who will step in as a replacement? Jerrod Mayo has been linked as a top option to be the next Patriots head coach.

New details on Bill Belichick contract

Tom Curran from NBC Sports Boston has more details of Belichick’s deal. One thing stands for sure. We do not know if Belichick will remain in New England in 2025. Wonder why? A “multiyear” deal could be a deal that includes the current and the next season.

“It is a lucrative, multi-year extension. So, let’s try and interrogate that,” Curran said. “My understanding is, lucrative, of course it is lucrative, it’s Bill Belichick, he makes a lot of dough. Multi-year, that simply can mean 2023 and 2024, for instance. So that extension would satisfy, in some ways, a timeline for Jerrod Mayo.

“Jerrod Mayo signed a two-year extension as a linebackers coach at the end fo last year. Robert Kraft was very open about talking about Jerrod Mayo as perhaps, one day a head coach, maybe even here. I would be stunned, I would be amazed, I would be dumbstruck if Bill Belichick’s lucrative extension ran past 2024.”