Former New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick didn’t waste an opportunity to roast the New York Jets when asked how to find a quarterback in the NFL.
“You might take a look at the ones that the Jets have released. Geno Smith and Sam Darnold, they’ve done very well,” Belichick told Jim Gray on the “Let’s Go!” podcast.
Smith and Darnold were considered draft busts with the Jets. They both bounced around to multiple teams before settling into their current situations.
Smith is a two-time Pro Bowler with the Seattle Seahawks, while Darnold earned his first Pro Bowl nod last season when taking over the starting quarterback job for the Minnesota Vikings.
Bill Belichick will never not troll the Jets when given the chance.
“How do you find an NFL quarterback?” he was asked on the latest ‘Let’s Go!’ pod.
BB: “Well, you might take a look at the ones that the Jets have released. Geno Smith and Sam Darnold, they’ve done pretty well.” pic.twitter.com/m46H72mPKx
— Mike Kadlick (@mikekadlick) February 20, 2025
If anything, it shows there’s no love lost between Belichick and the Jets.
That comment probably feels like salt in the wounds for Jets fans with the team coming off Aaron Rodgers’ short and catastrophic run in New York. They’re still a team with more questions than answers at the quarterback position.