Bill Belichick Linked To $35 Million Quarterback In Coaching Search

Head coach Bill Belichick is viewing his options as head coach. Many believe that he will sign with a team that has an established quarterback. He has already had an interview with the Atlanta Falcons. Accordign to reports, Belichick will have another one with the team.

Enter Kirk Cousins. He will gladly join forces with Belichick. Cousins will enter the open market in the offseason. Is he going to Atlanta?

“I’m not gonna turn down an opportunity to play with a future Hall of Fame coach,” Cousins told CBS Sports’ Isabel Gonzalez on Thursday. “But we’ll have to see where March leads. It’s just a lot of unknowns right now.”

Belichick is trying to avoid “media fanfare” per Mike Florio from Pro Football Talk. Therefore, signing with the Hawks makes perfect sense.

Kirk Cousins and Bill Belichick teaming up this offseason?

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“Although Belichick to Atlanta is not done yet, there’s buzz around the league that it’s moving in that direction,” Florio reported on Thursday. “As one league source explained it, Belichick is believed to be done with ‘big-market media,’ making him more inclined to go to a place like Atlanta than Dallas or Philadelphia.

“As to the Cowboys and the Eagles, there’s also a belief in some league circles that both team expressed interest in Belichick, that Belichick didn’t reciprocate, and that those teams then decided to stick with their current coaches.”

The veteran quarterback has nothing but respect for Belichick

Cousins plays with the Minnesota Vikings and can definitely re-sign with the team. However, his respect for Belichick could push him to any NFL team that hires the legendary head coach.

“I have great respect for him as a coach, like everyone else in pro football,” Cousins told Gonzalez. “I mean, if you go to that many Super Bowls, win that many Super Bowls, go to that many conference championship games, have the defensive production he’s had for years and years, it says it all.”

Belichick is the best to ever coach in the NFL. This change in scenery could be of great help in his effort to pass Don Shula for most wins in NFL history.