Monday Morning Wrap Up

While 7 out of 8 correct picks in the NFL this weekend would appear to illustrate some level of knowledge from your fair prognosticator, I can't take too much credit. I am 13 out of 15 in my pool before the Monday Nighter this week, but it would seem that most everybody else was also in double digits in the win column, so perhaps this week's picks were just easier.

It looks to me like the Pats are going to have a hard time not being perfect this year. Look for the '72 Dolphins to start crying in their oatmeal instead of popping champagne corks this time around. With only the hapless Jets and Dolphins and a week 17 matchup against the Giants left, I see 16-0 moving into the postseason. And how about Brady burning Anthony "Mr. Guarantee" Smith deep twice for TD's! Hands up if you think Tom was picking on Smith specifically ... no, Pants, you don't have to raise both hands ... that's just mocking.

In NHL news, I was wrong in predicting that the Canucks would pick up a win against Sydney and company. The game turned into the Luongo show with the Crosby being awarded a penalty shot in OT, getting stopped and then getting stopped again once the game went to a shootout. After a long run of sudden death shooters failed to bury anything on Luongo and Canuck's castoff Dany Sabourin, Kris Letang finally settled things in favour of the Pens. The game was actually wildly exciting to watch and the closeness kept me on the edge of my seat through the late going and overtime. The Penguins are a fun team and hopefully they can start to shape the way teams succeed in the league. We could use a lot more teams like this to watch and a lot fewer like trap-happy Minnesota.