Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots are set to open up the 2023 NFL season and there have been rumblings that the legendary head coach could be on the hot seat. Since Tom Brady left town, Belichick has struggled to lead the franchise to success. Richard Sherman is among those who have noticed that fact.

Granted, not all of the issues can be placed on the head coaches shoulders. The Patriots simply haven’t had a ton of talent since Brady left to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Things seem to be on the right track with young quarterback Mac Jones now leading the way. New England still has a lot of building to do, but they should be much better this season than they were last.

Sherman did not hold back on his criticism of Belichick, however, in a recent quote on his show.

“When Belichick does something crazy that we would say is crazy when other coaches do it — like if Kyle Shanahan took his defensive coordinator and made him his offensive coordinator, or made his special teams coach his quarterbacks coach, you would say ‘what are you doing? You’ve lost your mind.’ He has been .500 since Tom Left. You judged Tom when he left, you said if he can’t win without Belichick, then it was belichick. And what did Brady do? He won a Super Bowl the first season that he left.”

Needless to say, Richard Sherman is among those who believe that Belichick has been less than average without Brady. No one can really say that hasn’t been the case. Even before coaching Brady, Belichick was not a great NFL head coach.

While things are beginning to escalate when it comes to Belichick’s future in New England, no one can take away what he has accomplished. If things do end badly with the Patriots, the pure dominance that Belichick has shown, even though he had Brady leading the way for a majority of the time, has to be respected.

Expect to see Bill Belichick and the Patriots come out looking to prove a point this season. They expect to take a step forward and for Belichick’s job safety, it needs to happen.