NFL Notebook Week 8: Midseason awards, Trade Deadline dud and more

By Zach Cohen | Oct 30, 2019

SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA - OCTOBER 27: Nick Bosa #97 and Solomon Thomas #94 of the San Francisco 49ers react after sacking Kyle Allen #7 of the Carolina Panthers (not pictured) during the second quarter at Levi's Stadium on October 27, 2019 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /

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Lord of the Rings

Listen, it’s kind of ridiculous to denote an active player or coach as the greatest ever. It’s not ridiculous to say that an active player or coach will finish his career as the greatest, though. That is the case of Bill Belichick, who became the third coach in NFL history to win 300 games.

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Belichick is behind Hall of Fame coaches Don Shula and George Halas, by the way. Unlike with quarterbacks (as I mentioned last week), championships are almost everything when it comes to grading coaches. Belichick has the most Super Bowl victories among all coaches in football history.

I can’t fathom an argument against Belichick, to be honest. He was ripped apart as the Browns head coach from 1991-95 (with Nick Saban as his defensive coordinator in 1991). Belichick was shredded when he resigned as the Jets head coach at the introductory press conference and took the Patriots job hours later.

He was chastised after he went 5-11 in his first season as New England’s head coach. Almost 20 years later, Belichick has rewritten history en route to becoming one of the greatest coaches in sports history.

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