Former Patriots head coach Bill Belichick will not be a first-ballot Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, sources told ESPN.

Belichick is a six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach and two-time Super Bowl-winning assistant. He served as head coach and general manager of the Patriots from 2000 to 2023, when he was fired by Kraft. Belichick is now head coach of the University of North Carolina.

The “snub” for the legendary Patriots coach did not go unnoticed on social media, with speculation circulating as to why Belichick did not receive the needed 40-of-50 votes.

So we turn it to Herald readers in our latest poll, asking: Why do you think Belichick did not get elected to the Hall of Fame?

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– Owners and voters are jealous

– Bad sense of fashion

– Payback for cheating allegations in Spygate and Deflategate

– Dating habits

– Too much of a curmudgeon

– He got robbed!

Take the poll at the link here, and see the Herald’s latest coverage of the Patriots at www.bostonherald.com/sports/nfl/new-england-patriots/.

BALTIMORE , MD. – NOVEMBER 3: New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick during the fourth quarter of the NFL game against the Baltimore Ravens at M & T Bank Stadium on November 3, 2019 in Baltimore , Maryland . (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
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