For the first time in almost 50 years, an NFL season will begin with Bill Belichick not being employed by a team.
Belichick earned his first NFL coaching gig in 1975 as a special assistant for the Baltimore Colts - he worked his way up to eventually coach the New England Patriots for the last 24 seasons.
The first 20 of those were pretty decent - in that span, the Pats missed the playoffs just three times. However, they've missed out on extra football in three of the last four seasons.