The Raiders make the most sense. He reveres Al Davis, the late father of current team owner Mark Davis. And Tom Brady, the quarterback with whom Belichick won six Super Bowls, could be working on Belichick to join forces on the team that Pats took down 23 years ago in the notorious Tuck Rule game.

After visiting the Tar Heels in early September, Rolesville High School (N.C.) junior edge rusher Zavion Griffin-Haynes committed to then-UNC football head coach Mack Brown. But soon after the program parted ways with the 73-year-old in late November, the 6-foot-6, 220-pound four-star backed out his pledge.