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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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071228
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Friday, December 28, 2007
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METRO FINAL
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SPT; SPORTS
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4D
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Mitch Albom, Nicholas J. Cotsonika and Drew Sharp
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THE DEN
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Copyright (c) 2007, Detroit Free Press
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<HEADLINE>
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        
GREEN BAY 4 over Detroit   .....          1:00 Sunday   Fox        Green Bay     Green Bay    Green Bay    
New England 13 1/2  over N.Y. GIANTS 8:15 Saturday CBS, NFL N.Y. Giants   New England  N.Y. Giants  
Carolina 3 over TAMPA BAY .....           1:00 Sunday   -          Tampa Bay     Tampa Bay    Tampa Bay    
Cincinnati 3 over MIAMI ..........             1:00 Sunday   -          Cincinnati    Cincinnati   Cincinnati   
CLEVELAND 10 over San Francisco    1:00 Sunday   -          San Francisco Cleveland    Cleveland    
HOUSTON 6 1/2  over Jacksonville     1:00 Sunday   CBS      Jacksonville  Jacksonville Jacksonville 
New Orleans 2 over CHICAGO   ...        1:00 Sunday     -        Chicago       Chicago      Chicago      
PHILADELPHIA 7 1/2  over Buffalo     1:00 Sunday   -            Philadelphia  Buffalo      Buffalo      
ARIZONA 6 over St. Louis ........            4:15 Sunday   -         Arizona       Arizona      Arizona      
ATLANTA 1 over Seattle  ........             4:15 Sunday   -         Seattle       Seattle      Seattle      
Minnesota 3 over DENVER  .....            4:15 Sunday   -         Minnesota     Minnesota    Minnesota    
N.Y. JETS 6 1/2  over Kansas City ....   4:15 Sunday   -        N.Y. Jets     Kansas City  Kansas City  
Pittsburgh 3 1/2  over BALTIMORE ..    4:15 Sunday   CBS      Pittsburgh    Pittsburgh   Pittsburgh   
San Diego 8 1/2  over OAKLAND  ..      4:15 Sunday   -           San Diego     San Diego    San Diego    
WASHINGTON 9 over Dallas ....            4:15 Sunday   Fox        Dallas        Washington   Washington   
Tennessee 6 over INDIANAPOLIS        8:15 Sunday   NBC      Tennessee     Tennessee    Indianapolis 
Last week ............................................                           -             -         7-8          7-8          4-11         
Season total  ...............................                      -             -        115-112-11    110-117-11   104-123-11
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football
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