Speculation pegs the Jaguars as a sleeper contender for Bill Belichick in 2025

The Jacksonville Jaguars are down bad right now, falling to 0-3 on Monday Night Foootball this week for the 2024 season.

Could former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick be the answer to the franchise’s problems?

On Tuesday’s edition of The Dan Patrick Show, Sports Illustrated reporter Albert Breer hinted that the Jaguars may be one of the teams in on Belichick during the 2025 coaching cycle if they part ways with Doug Pederson.

“[The Jaguars are] just a sneaky one with Belichick for me,” Breer told Patrick on the segment, citing team owner Shahid Khan’s son, Tony Khan, and the latter’s allegedly strong relationship with the NFL coaching legend.

Breer added that Belichick played a role in Jacksonville making Doug Marrone the team’s head coach in 2017.

“Bill’s had the ear of ownership in that place for a while now,” he told Patrick. “And I just wonder if that’s not rattling around in the heads of ownership there now.”

.@AlbertBreer explains why he wouldn't totally rule out the possibility of the #Jaguars pursuing Bill Belichick for the 2025 season. pic.twitter.com/yCEIHUpSVb

— Dan Patrick Show (@dpshow) September 24, 2024

Would Belichick take a chance on closing out his coaching career in Jacksonville?

The team has a solid roster, a franchise quarterback in Trevor Lawrence and the advantage of sunny Florida weather.

While teams like the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles feel like safer bets, the Jaguars are an intriguing sleeper contender for the 2025 Belichick sweepstakes.