0000658639 DETROIT FREE PRESS 081212 Friday, December 12, 2008 METRO FINAL

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4C MITCH ALBOM, NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA and DREW SHARP Free Press sports columnists 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 INDIANAPOLIS 17 over Detroit 1:00 Sunday Fox (Channel 2) Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis CHICAGO 3 over New Orleans Thursday night - New Orleans New Orleans Chicago ATLANTA 3 over Tampa Bay 1:00 Sunday - Atlanta Tampa Bay Atlanta Green Bay 2 1/2 over JACKSONVILLE 1:00 Sunday - Jacksonville Jacksonville Green Bay MIAMI 6 1/2 over San Francisco 1:00 Sunday - Miami Miami Miami N.Y. JETS 7 1/2 over Buffalo 1:00 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) N.Y. Jets Buffalo Buffalo ST. LOUIS/Seattle, no line 1:00 Sunday - - - - San Diego 5 over KANSAS CITY 1:00 Sunday - San Diego San Diego San Diego Tennessee 3 over HOUSTON 1:00 Sunday - Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee Washington 7 over CINCINNATI 1:00 Sunday - Washington Washington Washington ARIZONA/Minnesota, no line 4:05 Sunday - - - - BALTIMORE 2 over Pittsburgh 4:15 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh CAROLINA 7 1/2 over Denver 4:15 Sunday - Carolina Carolina Carolina New England 7 over OAKLAND 4:15 Sunday - New England New England New England DALLAS 3 over N.Y. Giants 8:15 Sunday NBC (Channel 4) N.Y. Giants N.Y. Giants N.Y. Giants PHILADELPHIA 14 over Cleveland 8:30 Monday ESPN Cleveland Philadelphia Philadelphia Last week - - 7-8 8-7 5-10 Season total (without Thu. game) - - 104-94-4 108-90-4 105-93-4 THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED ARTICLE