Between you and me, I don't think he's the sharpest tool in the box.
We get under way on Saturday with New England vs Vancouver (Sat 2pm, Gillette Stadium, CTV BC/CSN-NE) and a chance for the Revs to put right two defeats to the two teams who've probably had the sharpest starts in the East — Houston and Philadelphia.
However, the sharpest reaction to Monday's open letter came from the White House.
Citizenship surveys indicate that the sharpest fall in volunteering in 2010 took place in precisely those worst-off areas that most desperately needed them.
But it was to Ed Miliband that they bared their sharpest teeth, asking him the toughest questions and proving stingy with their applause.
Of Labour's many election disappointments, perhaps the sharpest is the failure of traditional canvassing to yield votes.
Cameron had, by far, the sharpest attack line: We discussed this last week and one of the most important things we have learned since last week is you were asked for a meeting withPfizer - but you said you were too busy political campaigning.
He publicly challenged Nigel Farage, who aimed his sharpest barbs at Poles, to a duel by sword in Hyde Park.
With about 50% of MI5's work devoted to counter-terrorism, Parker said: "My sharpest concern as director general of MI5 is the growing gap between the increasingly challenging threat and the decreasing availability of capabilities to address it".
Boris Johnson, never slow to gauge the Tory or public mood, criticised Israel in the sharpest terms within minutes of the peer's resignation.
How can the country ever trust him again?" Thinking on his feet was proving tricky; the Labour leader isn't always the sharpest pencil at the despatch box.
