Tony Dungy knows what it's like to be in Mike McCarthy's shoes.

Dungy, the analyst for NBC's "Football Night in America" on which the Green Bay Packers will be featured Sunday evening, coached three teams that got off to 7-0 starts or better, including the 2006 Super Bowl winning Indianapolis Colts.

McCarthy, meanwhile, is off to a 6-0 start or better for the second time in his coaching career, putting that mark on the line as his team travels to Denver to take on the similarly undefeated Broncos this weekend.

With the Packers' last win over the San Diego Chargers, McCarthy reached 100 wins faster than any current head coach in the NFL.

"If you look at his record, he’s done a tremendous job, so I think ... underrated," said Dungy on Wednesday. "Maybe if they win a second Super Bowl that will bring a little more notice, but he’s done a great job, and I just think he’s a tremendous coach."

One statistic that bodes well for McCarthy and the Packers is his career 8-1 record coming off a bye week, tied for the best mark in NFL history with Pro Football Hall of Marv Levy.

Trends like this go to show McCarthy is more than just the flavor of the day, coaching a hot team off to a hot start. His success is sustained.

"I think it says that you’re good and you’re consistently good," said Dungy. "He has done a great job with that program, not only with Aaron Rodgers and the offense but home-growing talent, drafting the right way. Obviously Ted Thompson had done a great job there but getting those guys in the lineup and playing them and having that continuity and confidence. Now to me he’s taken another step, saying ‘I’m going to turn the play calling over to Tom Clements, and I’m going to try to continue to grow this.’"

The next step in growing the program is winning Sunday in a hostile environment.

Since McCarthy has taken over as coach in 2006, he has a 42-32 record (.568) on the road, fourth-best in the NFL over that span. The results have been even better of late, however, winning six of the last eight on the road.

But the challenge won't be easy against a Denver team that has won 10 consecutive regular-season contests at home.

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