Though highly coveted on the NFL market and with seven teams having coaching openings, the 71-year-old Belichick has only interviewed with the Falcons. According to Anderson, the deal is "expected, barring a snag in negotiations."

Looks like Atlanta is meeting with Bill for a second interview this weekend.

Let's just hope they don't land a good QB (pick #8) in the upcoming draft.

Forget the Falcon "hate" ... they are a decent/good QB away from becoming a legit threat in the NFC South.

The man is still a mastermind on special teams and defense.

One thing about Belichick is that he runs a tight ship like Sean Payton did when he was here. I am focused on the fact that his initial meeting was only with Arthur Blank because I believe he wants total autonomy in Atlanta. If he gets a good QB in the draft with the eighth pick then he could easily control the NFC South for the near future.

I changed my mind about wanting the hoodie in New Orleans. I believe that it's better to have Belichick fix things here than for a division rival.

He wasn't able to fix anything in New England after Tom Brady left. Why should it be any different in Atlanta?

I don't think Belichick will be great again, but I don't think failing to replace Tom Brady is really a valid criticism. I would be much more worried about his age, the historic trend of coaches who won a Super Bowl never having the youth or drive or desperation to win again with another team, and Belichick's horrible track record drafting receivers, and more recently acquiring no great receivers by any means. Finding a great QB in this league is harder than making a 3 point shot in the NBA, and you typically only get a shot every few years, because if you find an ok QB or you coach the rest of the team well, you don't quickly get another high pick, while if you go the free agency route and miss it takes years for your salary cap to recover.

Basically Belichick had 1 shot with Mac Jones and missed, which is like Stephon Curry missing one 3-pointer, and suddenly being declared unable to hit 3's. And Mac Jones was not a high 1st round pick, he was a mid round guy like Kenny Pickett, Justin Fields, or Dwayne Haskins. In this league I think you have to take shots at QB and be prepared to miss and take the next shot, and its not an exact science. Having a DC play OC in Jones 2nd year was probably a mistake, but also probably Jones is Pickett and it does not matter.

What I would worry about with Belichick is cronyism in recent assistant coaching hires that have not been effective, lack of ability to develop receivers, and getting too old to adopt new schemes. One data point is not enough to say he couldn't hit on a QB if he gets another chance with a higher pick or he is in a position to recruit a top free agent QB with an offense that actually has weapons to attract one and salary cap to make a top offer. I don't think New England was an attractive destination when Brady left with somewhat of a salary cap mess, the shadow of Tom Brady looming over whoever replaced him, and a garbage pail receiving corps. But perhaps in Atlanta Belichick can draft Jayden Daniels or lure Kirk Cousins in free agency.

He was unable to replace Brady in much the same way Payton was unable to replace Brees. Bill made the effort and tried to prepare but chose poorly and it cost him his job. Payton never really attempted to try other than the half hearted effort of running JW out there. Sean bailed before it got bad. I don t want DA but I sure don’t want Bill either. If things continue to go south next year we need to go back to the young energetic OC like we did in 2006. There are plenty out there and maybe this OC search is just that. Question is, is DA in charge of this hire or is Mickey? If it’s DA then maybe this is a one season hire, if it’s Loomis then maybe our next head coach is being hired right under DA’s nose. Reality is so much more interesting than fiction.