CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Mike Shula recalled a childhood memory about his legendary father when asked if he had been involved in beating a team three times in one NFL season.
"I almost embarrassed myself and said, 'Well, I was a kid with my dad when they beat the Jets three times,'" the son of former Miami Dolphins coach Don Shula said of the 1982 Dolphins team that beat the Jets twice in the regular season and again in the playoffs en route to the Super Bowl.
Then the Carolina Panthers offensive coordinator drifted back into his own coaching career and recalled the 1994 season when the Chicago Bears avoided a three-game sweep against Minnesota.