When you win, say little. When you lose, say less.

That was Tom Brady quoting his head coach after their game against the Jets. As much as I would like to hate these 2 guys, it's getting really hard with each passing week as their body of work just seems to get better and better. At 10-2, they have the best record in the AFC in a year that was supposed to be a rebuilding year and on top of that, they traded away Randy Moss, their most potent weapon on offense. These 2 guys are ultimate professionals and great role-models for professionalism. It's amazing to watch Brady bite his teeth and rally his troops on the sidelines even during games they are leading 30-6 or whatever. Even today, he plays with a chip on his shoulder and seems like a perfectionist. No wonder he is married to a super-model. The hoody seems like a perfectionist too. He is the ultimate operator of a franchise. The Patriot are so consistent with how they approach players, situations, media etc. top to bottom in that organization. If somebody veers off the beaten path, he is gone. And other organizations have tried to steal their system through assistant coaches like Charlie Weis, Romeo Crennel and Josh McDaniels, but none of them have been the same without the hoody. McDaniels was a disaster and Denver finally let him go before he got rid of few more studs from the Broncos roster.

The hoody and Brady made sure the much hyped Jets-Pats Monday night game was a non-event. This was supposedly for all the AFC East marbles between 2 coaches and teams so culturally different. At the end of the night, Rex Ryan had to eat a 45-3 score wrapped in a humble pie. Brady scored 4 TDs and threw for 326 yards against the vaunted Jets defense. The talking heads on TV went gaga over hoody's game-plan and the quick, precision passing offense Brady ran all night to slice and dice the Jets. One more feather in the cap of these Pats. They may have another Super Bowl in them this year and if he Steelers are on the way, we know the Pats will walk all over them. Speaking of the Stillers, is there a better rivalry in the NFL than the Ravens-V-Steelers? While the Jets-Pats fell way short of expectation, Ravens-Steelers was every bit as exciting as advertised. It was a hard-fought game with some amazing hits and collisions. The game started off with a broken nose for Ben Roethlisberger, but Ben closed the deal at the end thanks to Troy Polamalu's hit on Flacco and the subsequent fumble. Is there a better defensive player in the league than Polamalu? This guy's speed, strength and aggression stands out even during a physical Ravens-Steelers game.

Manning and the Colts are moving in the wrong direction. Lots of passing yards and lots of scoring, but Manning is also throwing lots of interceptions and pick-6's and the Colts are riding a 3 game losing streak. It's no coincidence that Manning's interception numbers have sky-rocketed since Dallas Clark's injury. The Colts have some issues right now and if they don't fix them soon, they may miss the playoffs. In the NFC, the Bears are continuing to win. I don't understand this team at all, but I have to start giving them their due. At 8-4, the Packers may not even make the playoffs because of these Bears and a few other quality teams in the NFC. Of course, the NFC West still stinks and some bad team is going to make it and give us a bad playoff game. In the NBA, the Suns are still going back and forth and seem to be settling into a 500 bteam. Thats not good. The Heat are making my prediction of their demise seem pre-mature. They went into Cleveland and crushed the Cavs. That seems to have rejuvenated the team and are on a surprising 6 game winning streak. The schedule is soft right now, but they are winning some road games and today's win at Utah was impressive. Let see if this is something permanent.

Week 13 also means the fantasy football regular season is done. Unfortunately, I missed the playoffs in both my leagues despite having 2 good teams. I need to take responsibility for the bad showing. I guess I am no Bill Belichick.