So my predictions for yesterday’s NFL games (Bengals over Jets, Eagles over Cowboys) didn’t go so well. Perhaps my choices for today (Patriots over Ravens, Packers over Cardinals) will fare better. But this reader may be the wisest:

I just cashed my 401k and put it down on Baltimore and Arizona.

While I’m on my cold streak, let me predict that in the Massachusetts Senate race, Democrat Martha Coakley will defeat Republican Scott Brown.