Belichick is to McDaniels as Parcells was to Haley. The guy wants you, you go there no questions asked. They're close.
The noise for McDaniels to KC was really loud, but Michael Lombardi kept banging on his idea that McDaniels may not necessarily see KC as the best fit. He's still young. He goes back to NE, gets five more years with Brady, rebuilds his reputation, then if Belichick decides to hang it up, he steps in and takes over. If you are McDaniels, that's probably a far better scenario than hoping things work out in KC with a fanbase you know is going to hate you from the get go...
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