With Thanksgiving upon us, I'd like to take this opportunity to say how thankful I am for Head Chef Belichick's Humble Pie and all that comes with it: A 10-0 record, some incredible football, and a healthy debate surrounding all things Patriots.

I'd also like to thank the 59 different people who chimed in with 200 comments on last week's piece, Odds of Perfection. I didn't have time to personally respond to each one, so instead I'll respond in this week's piece. I've grouped the various themes of the responses into 11 main categories, and have responded in kind below.

1. Articulate football insight
Thank you to everyone who posted an articulate response. It's good to know that there are people out there who can have a healthy debate without resorting to vulgarity and/or name-calling. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

2. Pats' fans (over?) confidence
There are quite a few confident Patriots fans these days. Some are over the top and it's rubbing fans of other teams the wrong way. My advice? Deal with it. My guess is you'd see this type of reaction from any team's fans, no matter which NFL team was mowing down opponents without mercy.

But I'm still amazed by the widespread thought that this group of fans-and players-is any more arrogant than those involved with previous juggernauts. The 1985 Bears recorded a song and music video entitled "The Super Bowl Shuffle." When did they record that? Not Super Bowl week. Not after their first playoff win. No, during the regular season. After they lost their only game of the season as a matter of fact. You can't get much more arrogant than that.

So get used to it everyone. The Patriots are favored by 22