0000656298 DETROIT FREE PRESS 081205 Friday, December 05, 2008 METRO FINAL

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5C MITCH ALBOM, NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA and DREW SHARP Free Press sports writers 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 DETROIT/Minnesota, no line 1:00 Sunday Blacked out locally - - - SAN DIEGO 9 1/2 over Oakland Thursday night - Oakland San Diego Oakland CHICAGO 6 1/2 over Jacksonville 1:00 Sunday - Chicago Chicago Jacksonville GREEN BAY 6 over Houston 1:00 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) Green Bay Green Bay Green Bay INDIANAPOLIS 13 1/2 over Cincinnati 1:00 Sunday - Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis New England 4 1/2 over SEATTLE 1:00 Sunday - New England New England New England NEW ORLEANS 3 over Atlanta 1:00 Sunday - Atlanta New Orleans Atlanta N.Y. GIANTS 7 over Philadelphia 1:00 Sunday - N.Y. Giants Philadelphia N.Y. Giants TENNESSEE 13 1/2 over Cleveland 1:00 Sunday - Tennessee Cleveland Cleveland *BUFFALO 1 over Miami 4:05 Sunday - Miami Buffalo Buffalo DENVER 9 over Kansas City 4:05 Sunday - Kansas City Denver Denver N.Y. Jets 4 over SAN FRANCISCO 4:05 Sunday - N.Y. Jets N.Y. Jets N.Y. Jets ARIZONA 14 over St. Louis 4:15 Sunday - St. Louis Arizona Arizona PITTSBURGH 3 over Dallas 4:15 Sunday Fox (Channel 2) Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh BALTIMORE 5 over Washington 8:15 Sunday NBC (Channel 4) Washington Washington Baltimore CAROLINA 3 over Tampa Bay 8:30 Monday ESPN Carolina Carolina Carolina Last week - - 7-8 10-5 7-8 Season total (without Thu. game) - - 97-86-4 100-83-4 100-83-4 THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED ARTICLE football