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Tom Rock

Sean McVay has nothing but respect for Bill Belichick

BUCKHEAD, Ga. _ A lot has been made about the matchup of head coaches in Super Bowl LIII. It's easy to see why. Their public styles are poles apart, their approaches to coaching seem very different, and of course the gap in their ages is the largest ever in a championship game. Whoever wins on Sunday will become either the oldest or the youngest coach ever to hoist a Lombardi Trophy.

Another difference, of course, is their resume. This will be Belichick's ninth Super Bowl as a head coach, having won five of them. And it is why McVay dispelled any comparison between himself and his upcoming adversary.

"I'm not even close to being mentioned in the same breath as Coach Belichick and what he's done," McVay said on Thursday, the final day of media availability for the Rams.

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