It's long been believed that North Carolina head coach Bill Belichick would happily step down from his position without coaching a down for the Tar Heels if the right NFL head coaching job came along.

On Wednesday, one day after the Raiders parted ways with Antonio Pierce following his first full season as the team’s head coach, NFL.com reported Tom Brady — now a minority owner of the Las Vegas franchise — had spoken “recently” with Belichick “about what it would take to make a reunion happen.”