The New York Giants fired head coach Brian Daboll on Monday following several disappointing seasons. Does this move represent a means for Bill Belichick to make a spectacular return to the NFL?

Sports author Gary Myers thinks so. In fact, he thinks Belichick would ditch North Carolina in a heartbeat. That he’d take up the Proclaimers in their famous song, and walk 500 miles or so.

“He’d walk from Chapel Hill to East Rutherford for this job, I really believe that,” Myers said, according to The Spun.

Two things would motivate Belichick to take the vacancy, Myers, who has covered the Giants for 29 years and wrote a book titled, Brady Vs. Belichick: The Dynasty Debate, believes: Winning a Super Bowl without Tom Brady and passing Don Shula on the all-time list of wins for NFL head coaches.

“I think [Belichick] desperately wants the 15 victories to pass [Don] Shula [as the winningest coach of all time] and he desperately wants to win a Super Bowl without [Tom] Brady,” claims Myers.

Bill Belichick’s opening?

There’s no doubt that the New York Giants coaching vacancy represents a massive opportunity for Bill Belichick to get back into the league. Any denial of that on his part would be nothing short of silly.

Is there a potential marriage there?

Prior to accepting the North Carolina position, Belichick interviewed for the Atlanta Falcons‘ head coaching job. Owner Arthur Blank noted his focus on collaboration with personnel and commitment to the role.

“He was interested in coaching,” Blank would later reveal. “He definitely wanted a collaborative relationship with personnel, scouting.”

But that never came to fruition. And Bill stomped off to Chapel Hill for a college coaching gig many felt was a joke from the onset.

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Fully committed

My, how the landscape has shifted for Bill Belichick in just a month.

Following a lopsided loss to Clemson in October, Belichick categorically denied rumors that he was seeking a buyout or early exit from his role as North Carolina’s head football coach.

“I’m fully committed to UNC football and the program we’re building here,” he said at the time.

Athletic director Bubba Cunningham added his own statement saying, “Coach Belichick has the full support of the Department of Athletics and the University.”

Now, Cunningham had better keep an ankle bracelet on his coach to make sure he isn’t walking to MetLife Stadium as we speak.

Belichick currently sits in second place on the all-time wins list, 14 behind legendary Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula (347). Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid is fourth on the list with 306.