You know, I read the title and thought, "Okay, not far fetched." When you've got a coach in his 70's, any given year could be the year they decide they just can't do the grind anymore and it's time to move on. I don't personally think BB is there yet, but would it surprise me? Definitely not. Hell, you could even argue that bringing back Patricia and Judge, to be there with Mayo and Stevie, gives the Patriots a pool of internal coaches for them to consider for his replacement (with Matt and Joe getting some extra rounding by working the offense).
But then Cowherd had to go all wonky-donks and say it's because Kraft is sick of him and the team sucks and this is still about losing Tom and all these tabloid things that might have one kernel of truth blown up into a whole corn cob of controversy.
This is why modern sports media drives me bananas. There IS an intelligent discourse that can be had about possibilities in the industry. But the money is made by fanning the flames, so it always just devolves into the angle with the hottest takes.