<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<BODY.CONTENT>
<UID>
0000371113
</UID>
<PUBLICATION>
DETROIT FREE PRESS
</PUBLICATION>
<DATE>
061229
</DATE>
<TDATE>
Friday, December 29, 2006
</TDATE>
<EDITION>
METRO FINAL
</EDITION>
<SECTION>
SPT; SPORTS
</SECTION>
<PAGE>
7D
</PAGE>
<ILLUSTRATION>

</ILLUSTRATION>
<CAPTION>

</CAPTION>
<BYLINE>
MITCH ALBOM, NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA, ERIC SHARP
</BYLINE>
<AFFILIATION>
Free Press staff writers
</AFFILIATION>
<MEMO>
THE DEN
</MEMO>
<COPYRIGHT>
Copyright (c) 2006, Detroit Free Press
</COPYRIGHT>
<HEADLINE>
THE PICKS
</HEADLINE>
<SUBHEAD>

</SUBHEAD>
<CORRECTION>

</CORRECTION>
<BODY>
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 12 1/2  over Detroit                1:00 Sunday   Fox (Channel 2)  Dallas       Dallas        Detroit       
N.Y. Giants 2 1/2  over WASHINGTON   8:00 Saturday NFL Network      N.Y. Giants  N.Y. Giants   Washington    
N.Y. JETS 12 1/2  over Oakland           1:00 Sunday   -                N.Y. Jets    N.Y. Jets     Oakland       
St. Louis 2 1/2  over MINNESOTA        1:00 Sunday   -                St. Louis    St. Louis     Minnesota     
HOUSTON 4 over Cleveland                 1:00 Sunday   -                Houston      Houston       Houston       
Carolina 3 over NEW ORLEANS           1:00 Sunday   -                New Orleans  New Orleans   New Orleans   
TENNESSEE 3 over New England         1:00 Sunday   -                New England  New England   New England   
TAMPA BAY 3 1/2  over Seattle            1:00 Sunday   -                Seattle      Seattle       Seattle       
CINCINNATI 6 over Pittsburgh                1:00 Sunday   CBS (Channel 62) Cincinnati   Cincinnati    Pittsburgh    
KANSAS CITY 2 1/2  over Jacksonville 1:00 Sunday   -                Kansas City  Jacksonville  Kansas City   
BALTIMORE 9 over Buffalo                   4:15 Sunday   -                 Baltimore    Buffalo       Buffalo       
INDIANAPOLIS 9 over Miami                4:15 Sunday   CBS (Channel 62) Indianapolis Indianapolis  Miami         
SAN DIEGO 13 1/2  over Arizona          4:15 Sunday   -                San Diego    San Diego     Arizona       
PHILADELPHIA 8 over Atlanta              4:15 Sunday   Fox (Channel 2)  Philadelphia Philadelphia  Atlanta       
DENVER 10 1/2  over San Francisco    4:15 Sunday   -                   Denver       San Francisco San Francisco 
CHICAGO 3 over Green Bay                8:15 Sunday   NBC (Channel 4)  Green Bay    Chicago       Chicago       
Last week                            -             -                                         9-7          7-9           11-5          
Season total                         -             -                                      115-115-7    113-117-7     119-111-7
</BODY>
<DISCLAIMER>
THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM THE PRINTED ARTICLE
</DISCLAIMER>
<KEYWORDS>
football
</KEYWORDS>
</BODY.CONTENT>
