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Bill and Rex more alike than you'd think

Though polar opposites in methodology, coaches have one big thing in common: winning

Updated: December 6, 2010, 5:05 PM ET
By Jackie MacMullan | ESPNBoston.com

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- There are more ways than one to stack wood, cook a chicken, jump out of an airplane, skin a cat. (I know, I know. Who would ever want to skin a cat?)

There are also certainly more ways than one to win a football game, and, at first glance, it would appear Bill Belichick and Rex Ryan have settled on wildly divergent tactics to motivate their players (and, presumably, themselves) for the most intriguing game of the NFL season Monday night.

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