9602010456 DETROIT FREE PRESS 961012 Saturday, October 12, 1996 METRO FINAL

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6B MITCH ALBOM; PERRY A. FARRELL; CURT SYLVESTER Copyright (c) 1996, Detroit Free Press FREE PRESS PRO PICKS Free Press sports writers Mitch Albom, Perry A. Farrell, Curt Sylvester and Charlie Vincent 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 are capitalized. ALBOM'S FARRELL'S THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE TIME PICKS PICKS OAKLAND 2 over Detroit 4:00 Sunday Detroit Oakland DALLAS 14 1/2 over Arizona 1:00 Sunday Dallas Arizona NEW ORLEANS 1 over Chicago 1:00 Sunday Chicago New Orleans PITTSBURGH 9 1/2 over Cincinnati 1:00 Sunday Cincinnati Pittsbur ATLANTA 1 1/2 over Houston 1:00 Sunday Houston Houston BUFFALO 5 1/2 over Miami 1:00 Sunday Miami Buffalo Minnesota 6 1/2 over TAMPA BAY 1:00 Sunday Minnesota Minnesota JACKSONVILLE 8 1/2 over NY Jets 1:00 Sunday Jets Jacksonville CAROLINA 6 1/2 over St. Louis 1:00 Sunday Carolina St. Louis NEW ENGLAND 5 over Washington 1:00 Sunday Washington Washington Philadelphia 3 over NY GIANTS 4:00 Sunday Philadelphia Philadelphia INDIANAPOLIS 8 1/2 over Baltimore 8:00 Sunday Baltimore Indianapolis GREEN BAY 6 over San Francisco 9:00 Monday San Francisco San Francisco LAST WEEK 5-7-0 6-6-0 OVERALL 41-40-0 38-43-0 SYLVESTER'S VINCENT'S THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE PICKS PICKS OAKLAND 2 over Detroit Detroit Detroit DALLAS 14 1/2 over Arizona Arizona Arizona NEW ORLEANS 1 over Chicago New Orleans Chicago PITTSBURGH 9 1/2 over Cincinnati Pittsburgh Cincinnati ATLANTA 1 1/2 over Houston Houston Houston BUFFALO 5 1/2 over Miami Miami Miami Minnesota 6 1/2 over TAMPA BAY Minnesota Tampa Bay JACKSONVILLE 8 1/2 over NY Jets Jacksonville Jacksonville CAROLINA 6 1/2 over St. Louis Carolina Carolina NEW ENGLAND 5 over Washington Washington Washington Philadelphia 3 over NY GIANTS Philadelphia Giants INDIANAPOLIS 8 1/2 over Baltimore Indianapolis Baltimore GREEN BAY 6 over San Francisco San Francisco Green Bay LAST WEEK 7-5-0 5-7-0 OVERALL 47-34-0 44-37-0 THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED ARTICLE.