Bill Belichick is the head coach of North Carolina football now, but the new duties he's assumed entering the amateur realm are not stopping him from continuing his media appearances. This includes the Let's Go podcast, which Belichick has hosted alongside Jim Gray all season long. Monday brought a 2024 NFL season recap episode from the podcast series and included another shot at the New York Jets by Belichick.
The longtime NFL head coach's adversarial relationship with the Jets has long been common knowledge, and Belichick hasn't been shy about criticizing the franchise in the time he’s spent as an analyst on various media platforms this past season. The narrative reemerged on Monday, when Belichick called out the Jets for their quarterback struggles in the latest Let's Go podcast.
Belichick was asked by Gray how teams go about finding an NFL quarterback, and the head coach responded by joking that teams should just look for the latest Jets QB to be cast off.
"Well, you might take a look at one the Jets might've released," Belichick laughed. "Geno Smith and Sam Darnold, they've done pretty well."
Bill Belichick will never not troll the Jets when given the chance.
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“How do you find an NFL quarterback?” he was asked on the latest ‘Let’s Go!’ pod.
BB: “Well, you might take a look at the ones that the Jets have released. Geno Smith and Sam Darnold, they’ve done pretty well.” pic.twitter.com/m46H72mPKx
It's an amusing through line even for those who don't have a personal history with the Jets. The franchise drafted Geno Smith in 2013 and Sam Darnold in 2018. Both flamed out within four years in New York. Both eventually found a new home that allowed them to flourish. All the while the Jets continued to churn through QBs and enter 2025 once again looking for a new signal-caller after the Aaron Rodgers experiment officially crashed and burned.
Belichick, obviously, isn't interested in letting anyone forget that anytime soon.
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