Bill Belichick has now won six Super Bowls as the Patriots’ head coach. But 23 years ago today Ben Banogu Jersey , he was in a very different place.It was on February 15, 1996, that Belichick was fired by Art Modell, the owner of the franchise that Belichick had coached as the Cleveland Browns but was about to become the Baltimore Ravens. Belichick had just gone 5-11 in 1995, his final year in Cleveland, but Modell had initially indicated that he was going to bring Belichick with him to Baltimore. However Parris Campbell Jersey , in a surprise announcement 23 years ago today, Modell announced that he was firing Belichick and hiring Ted Marchibroda, the former head coach of the Baltimore Colts, to become the head coach of the Baltimore franchise that hadn’t yet chosen “Ravens” as a team name.As noted by SI.com, when he was coach of the Browns, Belichick was treated as a punching bag Bobby Okereke Jersey , often portrayed as a grumpy jerk who didn’t have a clue what he was doing — a far cry from the way he’s now portrayed, as a grumpy jerk who is the greatest coach of all-time.That Belichick, now recognized by many as the best coach in the history of football, was ever fired shows just how fickle football coaching can be. Belichick also started 5-13 with the Patriots before Drew Bledsoe got hurt and Tom Brady replaced him, which means the Greatest Coach Ever was pretty close to being remembered as, “That Bill Parcells assistant who could never cut it as a head coach.”And there are probably plenty of other coaches who got fired from their first jobs Khari Willis Jersey , but would have done well if they had found themselves in the right opportunity. They wouldn’t have done as well as Belichick has done in New England, but they would have done a lot better than Ted Marchibroda did in Baltimore. Firing the coach is always the easy solution for a bad team, but sometimes you’re firing Bill Belichick to replace him with Ted Marchibroda. The Texans saw quarterback Deshaun Watson get sacked and hit far too often over the first two weeks of the season, which led to a couple of changes on the offensive line for Sunday’s game against the Chargers.First-round pick Tytus Howard moved from left guard to right tackle and rookie Max Scharping moved into the left guard spot. The reworked unit gave up two sacks and six hits during the 27-20 Texans win, which is a big step in the right direction after the flurry of hits that Watson took to start the year.“Just to know we only gave up two sacks, that’s improvement Josh Allen Jersey ,” Howard said, via the . “As long as we can protect Deshaun, he’s an amazing quarterback. He’s going to take us home. Time and time again, he got us out of it with his talent. With his arm and his legs, if we can protect him, he’s going to take us far.”Watson said that he and the line are “going to continue to grow together and make something happen” over the course of the season. Sunday was a good first step toward seeing that to fruition.