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                                                                                                       SPORTS Thursday 2 February 2017
             Coaches, QBs lapped by Brady/Belichick marvel at success



            TERESA M. WALKER             years. Tom Landry went 2-2                                                             ick is tied with, won his four
            AP Pro Football Writer       with  Roger  Staubach  and                                                             rings  with  Pittsburgh  in  the
            HOUSTON  (AP)  —  Marv       the  Dallas  Cowboys.  Joe                                                             1970s.  Figuring  out  how
            Levy,  the  only  coach  in   Montana is a perfect 4-0 in                                                           to  fit  salaries  in  a  budget
            NFL history to take a team   the Super Bowl, though only                                                            wasn’t  an  issue  for  Chica-
            to  four  consecutive  Super   three  of  those  rings  came                                                        go’s George Halas or Curly
            Bowls,  looks  at  what  Bill   with coach Bill Walsh.                                                              Lambeau and Vince Lom-
            Belichick  and  Tom  Brady   And then there’s Levy, who                                                             bardi  with  the  Green  Bay
            have  done  together  with   teamed  with  Jim  Kelly  to                                                           Packers  —  the  only  other
            the  New  England  Patriots   take the Buffalo Bills to the                                                         coaches with five or more
            and marvels.                 Super  Bowl  between  1991                                                             NFL championships.
            “Really,  it  is  remarkable   and 1994, losing each time.                                                          Montana  credits  the  Pa-
            that they keep going back,   Putting  together  an  ex-                                                             triots  with  building  around
            and  they  maintain  the  fo-  tended  run  of  excellence                                                          Brady and a core of play-
            cus  and  dedication  nec-   requires  some  key  ingredi-                                                          ers in an era when big pay-
            essary to do it,” the former   ents:                                                                                days await after winning a
            Buffalo Bills coach said.    LEADERSHIP                                                                             Super Bowl ring.
            “It  just  becomes,  quote,   Levy  had  general  man-                                                              CHEMISTRY
            old hat. It’s just almost un-  ager  Bill  Polian  and  owner   New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and Tom Brady   Since  Belichick  and  Brady
            fathomable  what  they’ve    Ralph Wilson in Buffalo, and   are introduced during opening night for the NFL Super Bowl 51   went  to  their  first  Super
            accomplished.  So  they      points  to  Patriots  owner   football game at Minute Maid Park Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, in   Bowl together in 2002, oth-
            sure  do  deserve  great     Robert  Kraft  and  Belich-  Houston.                                 Associated Press  ers in the NFL have tried to
            credit,  and  it  shows  you   ick as the key in New Eng-                                                           tap  their  formula  for  suc-
            that the draft isn’t perfect.   land  because  they  know   is the Patriots’ eighth Super  yet  to  do  it  —  Detroit,   cess,  luring  away  coordi-
            Sixth-rounder  at  quarter-  what  type  of  players  they   Bowl — twice what Denver  Cleveland,    Jacksonville,   nators as head coaches or
            back.  Many  will  rate  him   want  on  the  roster.  Belich-  and  Pittsburgh  have  man-  Houston — while this is just   hiring personnel men to run
            the  greatest  quarterback   ick  hasn’t  shied  away     aged  —  with  four  cham-   the  second  trip  for  the  At-  their teams.
            ever. It’s an amazing streak   from  brash  personalities,   pionships  equaling  those  lanta  Falcons.  Finding  the   Yet,  Brady  and  Belichick
            they have going.”            bringing  in  wide  receiver   teams’ four appearances.   drive  and  motivation  to   have  a  chance  to  be-
            Consider this: Belichick and   Randy  Moss  and  even     “Total  organization  wins,”  chase  success  again  and   come  the  first  men  with
            Brady not only are the NFL’s   giving  defensive  lineman   Levy said. “It starts with their  again simply isn’t easy.  five  Super  Bowl  rings  in  a
            most successful coach and    Albert  Haynesworth  and     owner  Robert  Kraft,  who  “It  isn’t  just  automatic,”   league where the Falcons
            quarterback  duo,  they’ve   wide  receiver  Chad  John-  I  think  has  been  a  great  Levy said.                 are still looking for their first
            nearly  lapped  their  clos-  son  chances.  Moss  stuck   owner.  Their  personnel  de-  The  roster  turnover  around   championship more than a
            est  competition.  They  are   around  much  longer  than   partment,  their  scouting  Brady certainly helps keep   half-century  after  their  first
            preparing  for  their  record   expected  and  prospered   staff,  their  coaching  staff.  the appetite strong. Among   game.
            seventh Super Bowl on Sun-   before  being  cut  loose    Total   organization   wins,  those on the roster for Sun-  “Otherwise, if someone else
            day, while only three other   during  the  2010  season.   and  as  much  credit  as  day’s game, 32 have never     could do it, they’d be do-
            coaches  reached  the  Su-   Wide receiver Chris Hogan    Brady and Bill Belichick de-  played in a Super Bowl.     ing it right now,” Montana
            per  Bowl  with  the  same   languished  on  the  Buffalo   serves,  it’s  the  others  that  SALARY CAP ERA        said. “The guys closest to it I
            quarterback  as  many  as    squad  the  past  four  years   are in there.”            Belichick is the only coach   think are the Cowboys and
            four times.                  only  to  tie  for  the  league   DRIVE TO WIN AGAIN      since  the  NFL  put  in  a  sal-  the Steelers, they’ve been
            Chuck Noll and Terry Brad-   lead  averaging  17.9  yards   Making one Super Bowl ap-  ary cap starting in the 1994   on  top  for  a  while.  But  it’s
            shaw  went  4-0  in  Super   per catch this season.       pearance is tough enough  season  to  win  four  Super    still  hard  to  do.  Mr.  Kraft’s
            Bowls  in  the  span  of  six   Since  Kraft  took  over,  this   that  four  franchises  have  Bowls. Noll, the man Belich-  done a great job.”q

            Even Cam Newton can appreciate


            memes about his fashion style



            RYAN PEARSON                 at Michael Jordan. He has  two  memes  in  particular
             AP Entertainment Writer     one  of  the  most  popular  last season. “There was one
            LOS  ANGELES  (AP)  —  Go  memes  of  them  all  -  but  I  of  them  with  the  parent-
            ahead,  laugh  about  Cam  don’t  think  he’s  crying  in  teacher conference - ‘This
            Newton’s sometimes outra-    the corner somewhere.”       is  how  your  mom  enters
            geous  outfits.  The  NFL  star  The  27-year-old  Carolina  the PTA meeting.’ Also like
            can  laugh  about  it,  and  Panthers star spoke on the  a  Batman  connotation  -
            even  enjoys  some  of  the  set  of  a  Buick  commercial  when  it  was  like  ‘Batman
            online memes have made  set  to  air  during  the  first  has until 9 o’clock to show
            him the butt of their jokes.  quarter  of  the  Super  Bowl.  his face or a person is going
            “Some  of  them  are  funny.  He  was  filming  alongside  to  die,’  with  the  pink  one.   This Jan. 13, 2017 photo shows model Miranda Kerr, left, and NFL
            But  it  is  what  it  is.  You’ve  a  pee-wee  football  team  It’s  cool,”  he  said.  New-  player Cam Newton pose together during the filming of a Buick
            got  to  be  lighthearted  in  Los  Angeles  outside  a  ton  said  he  developed  his   commercial for this year’s Super Bowl telecast in Los Angeles.
            about  it.  You  can’t  take  museum  with  supermodel  unique  sense  of  fashion  in                                          Associated Press
            it  personal,”  the  Carolina  Miranda  Kerr.  Newton’s  church,  through  the  junior   know  how  to  wear  your  as me, I had a lot of energy
            Panthers  quarterback  said  extravagant outfits at post-  ROTC  program,  and  from   clothes, have a belt, socks,  growing up, so for my pun-
            in a recent interview. “You  game  press  conferences  the way he was disciplined      no socks, whatever. Ironing  ishment, it was to not have
            to  have  to  deal  with  cer-  drew plenty of notice from  as a youngster in Atlanta.“I   your  clothes  is  important,”  the luxury of wearing dress-
            tain  things.  And  a  meme  social  media,  with  memes  grew up in the church and    he  said.  “And  I  have  to  down clothes, so to speak
            is one of them. Fortunately  going  viral.  Newton  said  I’ve  always  had  the  fash-  credit JROTC for being able  - like sweat pants, jeans, or
            and  unfortunately.  Look  he’d been most impressed  ion  eye,  so  to  speak,  to     to - how to tie ties. But as far  whatnot. q
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