FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- When it was mentioned to Tony Dungy that Bill Belichick is about to extend his own NFL record by taking part in his 40th playoff game as a coach, the first thing Dungy did was laugh.
“It’s so crazy,” he said, explaining his reaction. “I don’t even know how many I was in in my whole life -- not just as a head coach -- but a player and assistant coach, too. I don’t think it was 40. That’s an amazing stat.”
Belichick will put more distance between himself and Tom Landry (36) and Don Shula (36) in head-coaching playoff appearances when his New England Patriots host Anthony Lynn’s Los Angeles Chargers in an AFC divisional-round game on Sunday (1:05 p.