Bill Belichick moves into No. 2 on NFL's all-time wins list
FOXBORO -- Bill Belichick is moving up the NFL's all-time wins list. The Patriots head coach now sits alone in second place, breaking a tie with the great George Halas with New England's 22-17 win over the New York Jets on Sunday.
Sunday was Belichick's 325th career victory -- both regular season and postseason -- and he now only trails Don Shula, who won 347 games over his career.
Now in his 28th season as a head coach, Belichick is 294-147 in regular season action and 31-13 in the playoffs. He is 258-103 in his 23 seasons in New England, where he's won an unprecedented six Super Bowls titles.
After Sunday's win, Belichick didn't want to reflect too much on his career. He instead praised his players throughout the years for helping him reach this milestone.
"We'll talk about that when it's over and add them up at the end. It was good to come down here and win. Happy for our team and I appreciate all the great players we've had that have won those games," said Belichick. "A couple of them were in the locker room there -- Devin McCourty, Matthew Slater, Jerod Mayo, Troy Brown. Those guys won a lot of games for us, for me. So those are really team wins."
Quarterback Mac Jones started his post-game press conference by praising Belichick.
"Wanted to give a huge congratulations to Coach Belichick on his accomplishment. He's done a great job here and it's a blessing to play for him," said Jones. "We don't do the whole induvial awards, but that is a big one. To be his quarterback right now, it's a huge blessing."
"We're very proud of our coach," Matthew Judon said after Sunday's win. "He tells us that players win games, but he won all of those games. He game-planned, studied the film, did the preparation and put his players in positions to make plays."
Sunday's victory also breaks a second-place tie between Belichick and Schula on the all-time list for the most coaching wins with one team in the regular season. Belichick now trails only one man in that department: Halas, who won 318 games during his Hall of Fame career with the Chicago Bears.
