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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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061222
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Friday, December 22, 2006
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METRO FINAL
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SPT; SPORTS
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5D
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Mitch Albom, Nicholas J. Cotsonika and Drew Sharp
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Free Press staff writers
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THE DEN
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Copyright (c) 2006, Detroit Free Press
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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         
Chicago 4 1/2  over DETROIT       1:00 Sunday    Fox (Channel 2)  Detroit      Chicago       Chicago       
 GREEN BAY 3 1/2  over Minnesota  Thursday night -                Minnesota    Green Bay     Minnesota     
Kansas City 6 1/2  over OAKLAND   8:00 Saturday  NFL Network      Kansas City  Kansas City   Kansas City   
ATLANTA 6 1/2  over Carolina      1:00 Sunday    -                      Atlanta      Atlanta       Atlanta       
BUFFALO 4 1/2  over Tennessee     1:00 Sunday    -                   Buffalo      Buffalo       Tennessee     
CLEVELAND 3 over Tampa Bay        1:00 Sunday    -                Cleveland    Cleveland     Tampa Bay     
Indianapolis 9 over HOUSTON       1:00 Sunday    -                      Indianapolis Indianapolis  Indianapolis  
JACKSONVILLE 3 over New England   1:00 Sunday    -                New England  New England   New England   
N.Y. GIANTS 3 over New Orleans    1:00 Sunday    -                   New Orleans  N.Y. Giants   New Orleans   
PITTSBURGH 3 over Baltimore       1:00 Sunday    -                    Baltimore    Baltimore     Baltimore     
ST. LOUIS 2 over Washington       1:00 Sunday    -                   St. Louis    St. Louis     Washington    
SAN FRANCISCO 4 over Arizona      4:05 Sunday    -                Arizona      San Francisco San Francisco 
San Diego 4 over SEATTLE          4:15 Sunday    -                    San Diego    San Diego     San Diego     
DENVER 3 over Cincinnati          4:15 Sunday    CBS (Channel 62) Cincinnati   Cincinnati    Cincinnati    
DALLAS 7 over Philadelphia        5:00 Monday    NBC (Channel 4)  Dallas       Dallas        Philadelphia  
MIAMI 2 1/2  over N.Y. Jets       8:30 Monday    ESPN                  N.Y. Jets    N.Y. Jets     N.Y. Jets     
Last week                         -              -                                                      6-9          8-7           7-8           
Season total (without Thu. game)  -              -                                     106-108-7    106-108-7     108-106-7
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