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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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Saturday, October 28, 1995
METRO EDITION
4B
MITCH ALBOM
NFL; The picks; ; SHORTER VERSION IN METRO FINAL EDITION, Page 4B
Copyright (c) 1995, Detroit Free Press
PREDICTING HOW LIONS WILL FARE IMPOSSIBLE
* Green Bay 21, Detroit 20: I picked the Lions to beat the Redskins. I was
wrong. I picked the Lions to beat the Cardinals. I was wrong. I picked the
49ers to beat the Lions. I was wrong. Maybe I'll be wrong again. Pick vs.
spread: Green Bay.
* Pittsburgh 15, Jacksonville 9: Question: What's the difference between a
broken egg and this year's Steelers? Answer: You can explain a broken egg.
Pick vs. spread: Jacksonville.
* St. Louis 28, Philadelphia 25: The Eagles say Randall Cunningham will be
used as a "secret weapon on offense this week." Hmm. I got it. Just when the
defender is about to make a tackle, Randall hits him in the head with the
clipboard! Pick vs. spread: Philadelphia.
* Indianapolis 16, New York Jets 13: What's the Jets' secret weapon? Forfeit?
Pick vs. spread: New York.
* Dallas 24, Atlanta 20: Deion returns to "his house." Just once, I'd like
to see a team owner hand him a stack of papers and say, "Here. If this is your
house, these must be your bills." Pick vs. spread: Atlanta.
* New England 17, Carolina 12: Here's the difference between the Patriots at
2-5 and the Lions at 2-5. The Patriots are talking playoffs. Pick vs. spread:
Carolina.
* Cincinnati 24, Cleveland 21: If what happens in the World Series is what I
think is going to happen in the World Series, this will not be a great weekend
for Cleveland. Pick vs. spread: Cincinnati.
* San Francisco 30, New Orleans 3: Remember when these games used to be
close? Pick vs. spread: San Francisco.
* Tampa Bay 20, Houston 10: Is it just me, or does Errict Rhett have a few
too many letters? Pick vs. spread: Tampa Bay.
* Miami 23, Buffalo 10: The face in Don Shula's nightmares is now Jimmy
Johnson. Assuming he's gotten over that Garo Yepremian Super Bowl pass. Pick
vs. spread: Miami.
* Arizona 8, Seattle 0: Why bother? Pick vs. spread: Arizona.
* Washington 20, New York Giants 10: Henry Ellard celebrates his 104th
birthday with another 10-catch day. Pick vs. spread: Washington.
* Chicago 27, Minnesota 24 (Monday night): This Kramer kid, he's a pretty
good quarterback. Where'd he come from, anyway? Pick vs. spread: Chicago.
* Last week: 4-8.
* Season: 33-31 (I got a late start).
* Last week vs. spread: 5-7.
* Season vs. spread: 30-31-3.
* Mitch vs. Curt (vs. spread): Curt Sylvester leads by one game, 31-30-3 to
30-31-3. The sports writer with the best record gets his choice of teams in
the Freep's annual Great Super Bowl Debate. The debate will appear the day
before Super Bowl XXX in Tempe, Ariz.
* Best pick last week: Chicago 24, Houston 20 (Bears won, 35-32).
* Worst pick last week: St. Louis 21, San Francisco 14 (49ers won, 44-10).
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