Despite Retiring 8 Years Ago, Derek Jeter Wins Top NFL Coach’s Heart With His MLB Exploits of Old Days

The New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has always been called a legend of the game because of his tremendous career. But his fame was not limited to baseball only. This was proved by the coach of the NFL team, the New England Patriots. 

It’s been more than 8 years since the shortstop got retired from a 20-year-long baseball career. But, even now, people are still talking about the monumental career that Jeter had. 

Patriots coach, Bill Belichick, in a conference on Monday, got asked about his favorite shortstop of all time. Players come and go, but a few of them leave their mark on history. Derek Jeter is one of those players. He got his jersey number retired and also got inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Bill talking about Jeter just made this statement even more accurate. 

What did Bill Belichick say about Derek Jeter?

The Patriots’ coach got asked about the shortstop, who was his favorite. Although the coach did take others into consideration by saying there were a lot of good ones, he eventually landed on the Yankees shortstop number 2, Derek Jeter.

In his words, “I have to go with Jeter here in the long haul, not that I was growing up then, but it would be hard to put anybody ahead of Jeter.”

That’s the mark that the shortstop had left in the history of baseball that people still consider him the best shortstop even after 8 years of retiring from the game. 

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In his twenty-year-long career, Jeter was an All-Star player fourteen times and won the World Series rings five times. The last one was in 2009, which also is the Yankees’ last till now. He also got inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot. 

How did the fans react to Bill’s confession about Jeter?

While most of the fans agreed with Bill, some went the other way. 

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Do you agree with the New England Patriots coach’s opinion of Jeter? What do you think about Jeter being the best shortstop? Let us know in the comments below.