PHOENIX — They are the leaders of a team poised to become the NFL's first undefeated champion in 35 years, and they couldn't be more different — at first glance, anyway.
Tom Brady, 30, is the glamour quarterback from central casting: magnetic and affable, dates supermodels, a GQ cover boy.
Bill Belichick, 55, the coach, is known for his icy glares to the point that he shocks people when he smiles in public. He is anti-glamorous, preferring sweatshirts with cutoff sleeves.
Yet Brady and Belichick are so much alike. Their obsession for perfection has lifted the New England Patriots — a middle-tier team less than a decade ago — to an unprecedented 18-0 record this year. If the Patriots beat the New York Giants in Super Bowl XLII on Sunday, Brady and Belichick will make NFL history, matching the Pittsburgh Steelers' quarterback-coach tandem during the 1970s, Terry Bradshaw and Chuck Noll, for the most Super Bowl titles with four. The San Francisco 49ers' Joe Montana is the only other quarterback with four Super Bowl titles, all in the 1980s.
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