0000519545 DETROIT FREE PRESS 071221 Friday, December 21, 2007 METRO FINAL

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6C MITCH ALBOM, NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA and DREW SHARP THE DEN Copyright (c) 2007, 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 4 1/2 over Kansas City 1:00 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) Kansas City Detroit Detroit Pittsburgh 7 1/2 over ST. LOUIS Thursday night - St. Louis Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Dallas 10 1/2 over CAROLINA 8:15 Saturday NFL Dallas Dallas Dallas Cleveland 2 1/2 over CINCINNATI 1:00 Sunday - Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Green Bay 8 1/2 over CHICAGO 1:00 Sunday - Chicago Chicago Green Bay INDIANAPOLIS 7 over Houston 1:00 Sunday - Indianapolis Indianapolis Indianapolis JACKSONVILLE 13 over Oakland 1:00 Sunday - Jacksonville Jacksonville Oakland N.Y. Giants 2 1/2 over BUFFALO 1:00 Sunday - N.Y. Giants N.Y. Giants Buffalo NEW ORLEANS 3 over Philadelphia 1:00 Sunday - Philadelphia Philadelphia New Orleans ARIZONA 10 over Atlanta ........ 4:05 Sunday Fox (Channel 2) Arizona Arizona Arizona Tampa Bay 5 1/2 over SAN FRANCISCO 4:05 Sunday - Tampa Bay Tampa Bay Tampa Bay NEW ENGLAND 22 over Miami 4:15 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) New England New England New England SEATTLE/Baltimore, no line ....... 4:15 Sunday - - - - TENNESSEE 8 1/2 over N.Y. Jets . 4:15 Sunday - Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee MINNESOTA 6 1/2 over Washington 8:15 Sunday NBC (Channel 4) Washington Minnesota Minnesota SAN DIEGO 8 1/2 over Denver ..... 8:00 Monday ESPN San Diego Denver San Diego Last week - - 5-11 7-9 7-9 Season total (without Thu. game) - - 108-104-11 103-109-11 100-112-11 THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED ARTICLE football; Lions