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Another playoff team passes on possibly hiring Bill Belichick
Bill Belichick. Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports

Another playoff team passes on possibly hiring Bill Belichick

NFL insider Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk raised eyebrows when he somewhat quietly revealed during Sunday's playoff action that "at least one" team that "currently does not" have a head-coaching vacancy is "quietly considering a potential run at" former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick. 

It appears the Philadelphia Eagles won't be among such clubs. 

Per Bobby Kownack and Grant Gordon of the NFL's website, Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni and general manager Howie Roseman are scheduled to meet with media members on Wednesday. Such end-of-season news conferences are required by a league rule, and the fact that Sirianni is participating suggests he'll remain with Philadelphia following his club's epic collapse across the second half of this season. 

Rumors linking Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie with Belichick heated up as Philadelphia went from a dominant 10-1 side to an 11-6 team that limped into the postseason and then lost 32-9 at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the wild-card round of the playoffs. 

Florio shared ahead of this past weekend that there was "a belief in some league circles that both" the Eagles and Dallas Cowboys "expressed interest in Belichick, that Belichick didn’t reciprocate, and that those teams then decided to stick with their current coaches." 

Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones confirmed last week he's keeping Mike McCarthy as his head coach through the offseason. 

Along with the Cowboys and Eagles, the Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins, Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, Houston Texans and Green Bay Packers are among clubs that lost during the ongoing postseason tournament but presumably are moving forward with their current head coaches. 

While the Buccaneers and Buffalo Bills began Monday afternoon as possible destinations for Belichick, the Atlanta Falcons have made it clear they're not handing control of the franchise over to the 71-year-old without first completing a comprehensive head coach search.

NBC Sports' Peter King wrote for Monday's "Football Morning in America" column that some within the Falcons may be thinking: "If we hold Belichick in high regard, why does no other team?" As of Monday afternoon, only the Falcons had publicly confirmed meeting with Belichick since he parted ways with the Patriots earlier this month. 

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