0000638037 DETROIT FREE PRESS 081017 Friday, October 17, 2008 METRO FINAL

SPT; SPORTS

6C Mitch Albom, Nicholas J. Cotsonika and Drew Sharp Free Press sports writer THE DEN Copyright (c) 2008, Detroit Free Press THE PICKS 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 HOUSTON 9 1/2 over Detroit 4:05 Sunday Fox (Channel 2) Detroit Detroit Detroit MIAMI 3 over Baltimore 1:00 Sunday - Baltimore Baltimore Miami Dallas-ST. LOUIS, off 1:00 Sunday - - - - CHICAGO 3 over Minnesota 1:00 Sunday - Chicago Minnesota Chicago BUFFALO 1 over San Diego 1:00 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo Tennessee 8 over KANSAS CITY 1:00 Sunday - Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee N.Y. GIANTS 10 1/2 over San Francisco 1:00 Sunday - Giants Giants Giants Pittsburgh 9 1/2 over CINCINNATI 1:00 Sunday - Cincinnati Pittsburgh Pittsburgh CAROLINA 3 over New Orleans 1:00 Sunday - New Orleans Carolina Carolina N.Y. Jets 3 over OAKLAND 4:15 Sunday - Jets Jets Jets WASHINGTON 7 1/2 over Cleveland 4:15 Sunday - Cleveland Washington Cleveland Indianapolis 1 over GREEN BAY 4:15 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis TAMPA BAY 10 1/2 over Seattle 8:15 Sunday NBC (Channel 4) Seattle Tampa Bay Seattle NEW ENGLAND 3 over Denver 8:30 Monday ESPN Denver New England Denver Last week - - 5-9 8-6 7-7 Season total - - 41-42-3 47-36-3 44-39-3 THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED ARTICLE football; forecast