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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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080919
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Friday, September 19, 2008
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METRO FINAL
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SPT; SPORTS
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8C
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Mitch Albom, Nicholas J. Cotsonika, Drew Sharp
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Free Press sports writers
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Copyright (c) 2008, Detroit Free Press
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<HEADLINE>
THE PICKS
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Sports writers Mitch Albom, Nicholas J. Cotsonika and Drew Sharp take their best shots each week at predicting the NFL's winners and losers. Their choices are made against the Glantz-Culver line. (Home teams capitalized.)

 

THE GAMES                             TIME/DAY     TV              ALBOM    COTSONIKA  SHARP    
SAN FRANCISCO 4 over Detroit          4:05 Sunday Fox (Channel 2)  49ers    49ers      49ers    
ATLANTA 5 1/2  over Kansas City       1:00 Sunday -                Chiefs   Falcons    Falcons  
BUFFALO 9 1/2  over Oakland          1:00 Sunday  -                Bills    Bills      Bills    
CHICAGO 3 over Tampa Bay              1:00 Sunday -                Bears    Bears      Bears    
MINNESOTA 3 1/2  over Carolina       1:00 Sunday  -                Panthers Panthers   Panthers 
N.Y. GIANTS 13 1/2  over Cincinnati   1:00 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) Bengals  Giants     Giants   
NEW ENGLAND 12 1/2  over Miami        1:00 Sunday -                Pats     Dolphins   Pats     
TENNESSEE 5 over Houston             1:00 Sunday  -                Titans   Titans     Titans   
WASHINGTON 3 over Arizona             1:00 Sunday -                Cards    Redskins   Cards    
DENVER 5 1/2  over New Orleans        4:05 Sunday -                Saints   Saints     Broncos  
SEATTLE 9 1/2  over St. Louis         4:05 Sunday -                Rams     Rams       Seahawks 
BALTIMORE 2 1/2  over Cleveland      4:15 Sunday  -                Ravens   Browns     Browns   
INDIANAPOLIS 5 over Jacksonville      4:15 Sunday -                Jags     Jags       Jags     
PHILADELPHIA 3 1/2  over Pittsburgh   4:15 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) Steelers Eagles     Steelers 
Dallas 3 over GREEN BAY              8:15 Sunday  NBC (Channel 4)  Cowboys  Cowboys    Packers  
SAN DIEGO 9 over N.Y. Jets            8:30 Monday ESPN             Jets     Jets       Jets     
Last week                            -            -                9-5-1    9-5-1      8-6-1    
Season total                         -            -                15-14-1  18-11-1    17-12-1
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football; forecast
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