Bill Belichick is closing in on Don Shula.
The New England coach won the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year award on Wednesday, the third time Belichick earned the honor. Belichick, who won in 2003 and 2007, trails only Shula, a four-time winner.
For leading the Patriots to a 14-2 record, best in the league, Belichick received 30 votes from a nationwide panel of 50 media members who regularly cover the NFL. That easily beat Raheem Morris, who led a turnaround in Tampa Bay and got 11 1/2 votes.
This might have been Belichick's most impressive work as the Patriots retooled much of the roster, yet had a dominant regular season in which they won their final eight games.
Back to school: In need of an indoor facility worthy of a Super Bowl team, the Packers moved their practices to a new, $4.5 million indoor field at nearby Highland Park High School. With more of the same weather expected, Green Bay is likely to remain on the high school campus today and Friday.
The cold forced the Packers to scrap plans of practicing outdoors at SMU. Highland Park's facility opened in August and is comparable in quality to the one at TCU that the Steelers moved into Wednesday.
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