{"id":198401,"date":"2026-01-28T11:51:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nfl-world-in-disbelief-over-bill-belichick-hall-of-fame-report-usa-today\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T11:51:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T11:51:21","slug":"nfl-world-in-disbelief-over-bill-belichick-hall-of-fame-report-usa-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/nfl-world-in-disbelief-over-bill-belichick-hall-of-fame-report-usa-today\/","title":{"rendered":"NFL world in disbelief over Bill Belichick Hall of Fame report &#8211; USA Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Belichick isn&#8217;t getting into the Pro Football Hall of Fame unless he buys a ticket.<br \/>The legendary <a target=_blank href=https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/new-england-patriots\/348 data-autotag=04de4087-8f54-4765-a468-9b4c74f7fb14 rel=noopener data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>New England Patriots<\/a> head coach failed to gain the necessary votes to be part of the Hall of Fame class of 2026, ESPN&#8217;s Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr.\u00a0<a href=\/story\/sports\/nfl\/patriots\/2026\/01\/27\/bill-belichick-pro-fooball-hall-fame-2026-class\/88384921007\/ target=_blank rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-t-l=:b|e|k|\u2691u class=gnt_ar_b_a>reported Jan. 27<\/a>. It was Belichick&#8217;s first year of eligibility, failed to receive 40 of the 50 necessary votes from the committee.<br \/>Considered to be the greatest coach in NFL history, Belichick has a long list of accomplishments to back that up. He is an eight-time Super Bowl champion and has 333 career wins, ranking second behind only Don Shula, who is in the Hall of Fame.<br \/>One of the faces of the Patriots&#8217; dynasty, Belichick&#8217;s omission certainly caught everyone off guard. Reaction has been pouring in fast and furious, with none of it being optimistic.<br \/>Here&#8217;s a look at how the NFL world and social media are taking the news:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxQSjMyMjd5VTdIY1RWMFpyeE5qVXdVYTNsVkVSTE1wVlRodzhtbGg5TjdiT2xoMUZ2ZC1yZG1ZZ0lpMmJCYk03ZWpjd1dDVjFsSmpTUW96bWw2NUsyOW5lYTkzUHlmaVNzN3BzZTR0aFJ2MWpuNnFjWHNkNWw3UHZVUGxDY3l1Smd3Q3BPWk5lWmFlTS1GS2tkYUpUdEhEbENRVWFoamNsQmRXZXFpQVBzUmxjOVlMT1JTbEhwSg?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Belichick isn&#8217;t getting into the Pro Football Hall of Fame unless he buys a ticket.The legendary New England Patriots head coach failed to gain the necessary votes to be part of the Hall of Fame class of 2026, ESPN&#8217;s Seth Wickersham and Don Van Natta Jr.\u00a0reported Jan. 27. It was Belichick&#8217;s first year of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":198402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-198401","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}