The 15-1 year, they lost in the playoffs to the Patriots. The next year was when they snuck in as the 6 seed and ran the table.
That said, I'd agree he's not totally like Marty. He won a lot of playoff games. I don't think his teams got caught flatfooted nearly as many times... some of those times they just simply lost to a better team, like the Patriots, etc. I wouldn't put him in the same category as guys like Walsh and Belichick but he's probably better than 90% of people who ever get to coach in the NFL. I don't think that's unfair to say.
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