9402050792 DETROIT FREE PRESS 941008 Saturday, October 08, 1994 METRO FINAL

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3B MITCH ALBOM Copyright (c) 1994, Detroit Free Press I ADMIT, BEATING 49ERS IS WISHFUL THINKING * Lions 23, 49ers 21: Hey, baseball's gone. Hockey's gone. Let me dream a little, OK? * Indianapolis 17, NY Jets 14: In one of those wonderful little sports agate moments, I saw this under the injury report for the Colts: "Jon Hand (leg), out." * Philadelphia 21, Washington 3: That old Dallas job is looking better and better to Norv Turner. * New England 33, LA Raiders 31: I hate to say this, silver and black fans, but if they lose this one, the season is over. * Kansas City 17, San Diego 16: Congratulations to Junior Seau, who just had a son, Junior Seau Jr. * Seattle 37, Denver 27: Pretty soon, he goes from Wade Phillips to Sink Phillips. * Dallas 20, Arizona 9: There's a big difference between Emmitt Smith carrying the ball and backup Lincoln Coleman carrying the ball. Lincoln Coleman even sounds slow. * Atlanta 24, Tampa Bay 6: OK, Tampa. That's enough fun for one season. * Chicago 17, New Orleans 9: New Orleans cut Steve Walsh; now he starts for the Bears. The Bears cut Jim Harbaugh; now he starts for the Colts. Do you get the feeling that, sooner or later, everyone ends up back where they started? * Buffalo 24, Miami 20: Don Shula keeps trying to call his son David after Miami drubbed the Bengals last week, but David keeps hanging up on him. * Green Bay 18, LA Rams 14: The Rams' throwback uniforms are the only ones the NFL should keep. Now, if they could only play like the old Rams. * NY Giants 24, Minnesota 20 (Monday night): Dave Meggett already runs, catches, throws and returns. Where did they find this guy, at True Value? * Best pick last week: Miami 27, Cincinnati 7 (Dolphins won, 23-7). * Worst pick last week: San Francisco 21, Philadelphia 17 (Eagles won, * Record last week: 6-6. * Last week vs. spread: 8-4. * Season record: 35-31. * Season vs. spread: 35-29-2. DLions; San Francisco 49ers; football; NFL; game; review