Bill Belichick Is Not a First-Ballot Hall of Famer. We Tracked Down the Voters. | PTFO
Which voters made sure Bill Belichick was not a first-ballot Hall of Famer? Did Tom Brady only become a better broadcaster… because he couldn’t get much worse? And what’s so bad about rooting for Sam Darnold’s Seattle Seahawks? Mina Kimes and Dan Le Batard join Pablo Torre for a Super Bowl preview — and a pageant of nonsense.
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• "In the ‘no’ camp is a known liar…’" (Ollie Connolly):
https://x.com/OllieConnolly/status/2016449665340752186
• "Sources: Bill Belichick will not be a first-ballot Hall of Famer" (Don Van Natta Jr. and Seth Wickersham):
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47747076/belichick-not-first-ballot-hall-famer
• "Tom Brady knew he needed to improve on TV. So he channeled his ‘quarterback’ days" (Andrew Marchand):
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6990290/2026/01/22/tom-brady-fox-nfl-afc-championship/
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