Best duo ever?
They joined forces when Drew Bledsoe was injured in 2001 and, obviously, Patriots coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady still are going strong. Here's how they stack up among the greatest coach-quarterback duos in terms of victories and championships NFL history:
NFL championships
Belichick-Brady 5
Vince Lombardi-Bart Starr 5
Lombardi and Starr won three NFL championships and two Super Bowls. Cleveland's Paul Brown and Otto Graham won seven titles, but four of them came in the All-America Conference before some of those teams merged with the NFL.
Super Bowl wins
Belichick-Brady 5
Chuck Noll-Terry Bradshaw 4
Noll and Bradshaw won four in six years in Pittsburgh in the 1970s.
Regular-season wins
Belichick-Brady 186