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7D MITCH ALBOM; NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA; DREW SHARP Free Press sports writers 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 Dallas 10 1/2 over DETROIT 1:00 Sunday Fox (Channel 2) Dallas Dallas Dallas WASHINGTON 3 over Chicago Thursday night - Washington Chicago Chicago BUFFALO 7 over Miami 1:00 Sunday - Buffalo Buffalo Buffalo CINCINNATI 6 1/2 over St. Louis 1:00 Sunday - St. Louis Cincinnati St. Louis GREEN BAY 10 1/2 over Oakland 1:00 Sunday - Green Bay Green Bay Oakland JACKSONVILLE 10 1/2 over Carolina 1:00 Sunday - Carolina Jacksonville Carolina PHILADELPHIA 3 over N.Y. Giants 1:00 Sunday - N.Y. Giants N.Y. Giants Philadelphia Tampa Bay 3 over HOUSTON 1:00 Sunday - Tampa Bay Houston Tampa Bay San Diego/TENNESSEE, even 1:00 Sunday - San Diego San Diego San Diego Minnesota 8 1/2 over SAN FRANCISCO 4:05 Sunday - Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota SEATTLE 7 over Arizona 4:05 Sunday - Arizona Seattle Arizona Cleveland 3 over N.Y. JETS 4:15 Sunday - Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland DENVER 6 1/2 over Kansas City 4:15 Sunday - Denver Kansas City Denver NEW ENGLAND 10 1/2 over Pittsburgh 4:15 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Indianapolis 9 over BALTIMORE 8:15 Sunday NBC (Channel 4) Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore New Orleans 4 over ATLANTA 8:30 Monday ESPN New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans Last week - - 9-7 7-9 6-10 Season total (without Thu. game) - - 94-86-11 85-95-11 87-93-11 THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED ARTICLE football;forecast