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Washington Redskins (3-7)
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Atlanta Falcons (5-5)

Peter's Picks Peter Says: Washington 13, Atlanta 31 Fans Say: Falcons (98%)

No Chris Samuels. No Chris Cooley. No Randy Thomas. And until I see otherwise, no hope for the Washington offense.

Injury Report

Washington
TE	Chris Cooley (out)	ankle
H	Hunter Smith (out)	groin
CB	Byron Westbrook (out)	knee
LB	H.B. Blades (questionable)	knee
S	Chris Horton (questionable)	knee
T	Stephon Heyer (Probable)	knee

Atlanta
DE	John Abraham (questionable)	foot
DT	Jonathan Babineaux (questionable)	ankle
T	Sam Baker (questionable)	ankle
WR	Brian Finneran (questionable)	ankle
DT	Thomas Johnson (questionable)	calf
LB	Curtis Lofton (questionable)	knee, ankle
KR	Jerious Norwood (questionable)	hip
RB	Jason Snelling (questionable)	hamstring
WR	Eric Weems (questionable)	ankle
WR	Roddy White (questionable)	knee

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Arizona Cardinals (7-3)
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Chicago Bears (4-6)

Peter's Picks Peter Says: Arizona 27, Chicago 20 Fans Say: Bears (51%)

The Cardinals are my mystery team of the season. Explain, after watching the explosive team we saw in the playoffs last year (30, 33 and 32 points in the playoffs before sitting on the ball too long and managing 23 against the best defense in football in the Super Bowl), how the Cards can be scoring 22 points a game. And don't give me Anquan Boldin's hamstring/ankle injuries as an excuse either; he was hurt throughout the playoffs last year too. I've got to think Ken Whisenhunt is going to order some deep balls from Kurt Warner against a secondary that can be victimized by them.

Injury Report

Arizona
DT	Darnell Dockett (Probable)	ankle
K	Neil Rackers (Probable)	right hamstring
CB	Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (Probable)	finger
G	Reggie Wells (Probable)	thumb
TE	Stephen Spach (Probable)	ankle
CB	Antrel Rolle (Probable)	foot
RB	Jason Wright (Probable)	thumb
CB	Michael Adams (questionable)	hamstring
WR	Anquan Boldin (questionable)	ankle
LB	Gerald Hayes (questionable)	back

Chicago
LB	Pisa Tinoisamoa (out)	knee
KR	Devin Hester (questionable)	ankle
S	Danieal Manning (questionable)	back
LB	Lance Briggs (Probable)	shoulder
DT	Tommie Harris (Probable)	knee
DE	Israel Idonije (Probable)	knee
DE	Adewale Ogunleye (Probable)	ankle
TE	Greg Olsen (Probable)	ankle
S	Craig Steltz (Probable)	biceps
DT	Matt Toeaina (Probable)	calf

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Baltimore Ravens (5-5)
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Cincinnati Bengals (7-3)

Peter's Picks Peter Says: Baltimore 23, Cincinnati 13 Fans Say: Ravens (62%)

Cincinnati is 3-1 in the past four in this series at Paul Brown Stadium. The 1: Baltimore 34, Cincy 3 last November. In this one, I say the Ray Rice Show continues. "He's better than we thought he was,'' John Harbaugh told me the other day. "He was pretty much an inside runner at Rutgers, but his blitz pickup and receiving skills are so much better than we thought.''

Injury Report

Baltimore
S	Haruki Nakamura (questionable)	chest
DT	Haloti Ngata (questionable)	ankle
LB	Precott Burgess (Probable)	illness
TE	Todd Heap (Probable)	ankle
LB	Jarret Johnson (Probable)	shoulder
LS	Matt Katula (Probable)	elbow
RB	Le'Ron McClain (Probable)	shoulder
CB	Frank Walker (Probable)	illness

Cincinnati
S	Roy Williams (questionable)	forearm
FB	Jeremi Johnson (Probable)	knee
DT	Tank Johnson (Probable)	foot

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Houston Texans (5-5)
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Indianapolis Colts (10-0)

Peter's Picks Peter Says: Houston 20, Indianapolis 26 Fans Say: Colts (85%)

Thought long and hard about picking the Texans. After four- and six-point margins last year, and the improvement of the Houston defense in the offseason, I could see it. In the end, I like the Colts' defense to make more plays against Matt Schaub than Houston on Peyton Manning.

Injury Report

Houston
S	Nick Ferguson (Probable)	knee
C	Chris White (Probable)	ankle
DE	Mario Williams (Probable)	shoulder
DT	Shaun Cody (questionable)	back
DT	Deljuan Robinson (questionable)	knee
LB	Xavier Adibi (Probable)	ankle
LB	Kevin Bentley (Probable)	shoulder
DT	Tim Bulman (Probable)	ribs

Indianapolis
C	Anthony Gonzalez (out)	knee
CB	Kelvin Hayden (out)	knee
K	Adam Vinatieri (out)	right knee
WR	Pierre Garcon (questionable)	ankle

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Miami Dolphins (5-5)
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New England Patriots (7-3)

Peter's Picks Peter Says: Miami 22, New England 27 Fans Say: Patriots (91%)

The Dolphins are the 49ers of the AFC -- a better team than 3-4 indicates. And this game is vital to their playoff prayers. They'll be in it for 60 minutes, but I sided with the Patriots when I saw Tom Brady say the other day he's never felt better. Hmmmm. Brady, Chad Henne. Henne, Brady. In Foxboro. I can't see Miami winning.

Injury Report

Miami
LB	Channing Crowder (Doubtful)	shoulder
DT	Jason Ferguson (Doubtful)	elbow

New England
RB	Sammy Morris (out)	knee
RB	Fred Taylor (out)	ankle
CB	Jonathan Wilhite (questionable)	illness
DE	Ty Warren (questionable)	ankle
QB	Tom Brady (Probable)	right shoulder
WR	Randy Moss (Probable)	shoulder
TE	Ben Watson (questionable)	back
DE	Jarvis Green (out)	knee
T	Matt Light (out)	knee

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Green Bay Packers (7-4)
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-9)

Peter's Picks Peter Says: Green Bay 23, Tampa Bay 6 Fans Say: Packers (97%)

People keep talking about whether the Saints and Colts might go 16-0. I wonder if the Bucs can go 0-16.

Injury Report

Green Bay
LB	Brandon Chillar (out)	hand
TE	Jermichael Finley (out)	knee
WR	Jordy Nelson (out)	knee
G	Jason Spitz (out)	back
RB	Korey Hall (questionable)	calf
CB	Derrick Martin (questionable)	concussion
T	Chad Clifton (Probable)	ankle
WR	Donald Driver (Probable)	neck
QB	Aaron Rodgers (Probable)	feet
QB	Aaron Rouse (Probable)	feet

Tampa Bay
WR	Antonio Bryant (questionable)	knee
WR	Michael Clayton (questionable)	wrist
CB	Aqib Talib (Probable)	ankle
G	Jeremy Zuttah (Probable)	shoulder

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Kansas City Chiefs (3-7)
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Jacksonville Jaguars (6-4)

Peter's Picks Peter Says: Kansas City 20, Jacksonville 27 Fans Say: Jaguars (90%)

I hear Jack Del Rio was found, in a daze, walking aimlessly around the parking lot at the team's stadium and practice facility the other night. A security guard approached. "Coach, can I help you find something?'' the guard said. Del Rio looked up. "Our heart,'' he said.

Injury Report

Kansas City
S	Jon McGraw (Doubtful)	thigh
G	Mike Goff (questionable)	shoulder
G	Branden Albert (Probable)	ankle
C	Rudy Niswanger (Probable)	knee
CB	Mike Richardson (Probable)	illness

Jacksonville
CB	Scott Starks (out)	hamstring
CB	Rashean Mathis (Probable)	finger
T	Maurice Williams (Probable)	knee

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Carolina Panthers (4-6)
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New Orleans Saints (10-0)

Peter's Picks Peter Says: Carolina 16, New Orleans 30 Fans Say: Saints (95%)

I know this statement takes in a lot of ground. But in 25 years covering this league, I have never seen a group of receivers, tight ends and running backs that catch the ball better than the Saints' guys. How many of those catches Monday night came right out of Barnum and Bailey? The Jeremy Shockey catch, the one he looked to be about 8-foot-3, and the Devery Henderson ballet catch, and about five others. Amazing. And a good reason why the Saints are 7-0.

Injury Report

Carolina
FB	Brad Hoover (out)	ankle
CB	Charles Godfrey (questionable)	ankle
LB	Landon Johnson (questionable)	shoulder
K	John Kasay (questionable)	left groin
WR	Muhsin Muhammad (questionable)	knee
TE	Dante Rosario (questionable)	knee
RB	Jonathan Stewart (questionable)	Achilles
QB	Jake Delhomme (Probable)	chest

New Orleans
DT	Kendrick Clancy (out)	knee
DT	Sedrick Ellis (out)	knee
PR	Lance Moore (out)	ankle
C	Jonathan Goodwin (Probable)	knee
LB	Marvin Mitchell (Probable)	foot

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Detroit Lions (2-9)
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Seattle Seahawks (3-7)

Peter's Picks Peter Says: Detroit 17, Seattle 38 Fans Say: Seahawks (90%)

Not a good week to be traveling to Seattle. Nope. The 2-5 Seahawks looked like Seadogs on Sunday in Dallas, and Jim Mora read his team the riot act. "If a man's willing to fight and give his all,'' he told reporters, sanitizing what I'm sure was said in the locker room, "and come to work every day with great resolve and determination and great toughness and accountability, then I'll fight with him. But if someone reveals himself not to have those traits, then by the end of the season, there's a good chance he won't be a member of the Seattle Seahawks.'' In other words, this unimportant game in the NFL scheme of things is a very important game to the coach who's going nowhere -- and who will have much to say about which of his 53 men are back in 2010.

Injury Report

Detroit
RB	Jerome Felton (questionable)	ankle
WR	Calvin Johnson (questionable)	knee
RB	Kevin Smith (questionable)	shoulder
LB	Jordon Dizon (Probable)	foot
DE	Jason Hunter (Probable)	ankle
DT	Grady Jackson (Probable)	knee
DE	Dewayne White (Probable)	elbow

Seattle
WR	Ben Obomanu (questionable)	oblique
S	Jordan Babineaux (Probable)	hip
QB	Matt Hasselbeck (Probable)	rib
LB	Will Herring (Probable)	shoulder
T	Sean Locklear (Probable)	ankle
CB	Ken Lucas (Probable)	neck

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San Diego Chargers (7-3)
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New York Giants (6-5)

Peter's Picks Peter Says: San Diego 27, New York 23 Fans Say: Giants (65%)

Impossible game to pick at dusk in New Jersey. Tom Coughlin is going to turn this into the Super Bowl for a Giants team playing on the Rams' level -- and that's no exaggeration. The Chargers are not great travelers. But what pushed me over the top in this one is how great Philip Rivers has been throwing the deep ball this year, how the Giants will have trouble matching up with Vincent "Wilt'' Jackson, and how confused the Giants looked on defense in Philadelphia last week.

Injury Report

San Diego
C	Nick Hardwick (out)	ankle
LB	Tim Dobbins (Doubtful)	knee
LB	Kevin Burnett (questionable)	ankle
TE	Antonio Gates (Probable)	foot
CB	Steve Gregory (Probable)	ankle
DT	Travis Johnson (Probable)	groin
LB	Shawne Merriman (Probable)	foot
H	Mike Scifres (Probable)	groin

New York
CB	Aaron Ross (out)	hamstring
LB	Michael Boley (questionable)	knee
DE	Chris Canty (questionable)	calf
TE	Kevin Boss (Probable)	ankle
RB	Ahmad Bradshaw (Probable)	ankle, foot
WR	Mario Manningham (Probable)	shoulder
KR	Sinorice Moss (Probable)	foot
QB	Eli Manning (Probable)	foot

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Tennessee Titans (4-6)
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San Francisco 49ers (4-6)

Peter's Picks Peter Says: Tennessee 20, San Francisco 23 Fans Say: 49ers (81%)

In a battle of tremendously disappointing young quarterbacks drafted very high one year apart trying to resuscitate their careers before getting cut, I'll take the mobile Utah guy over the mobile Texas one.

Injury Report

Tennessee
S	Vincent Fuller (questionable)	groin
CB	Nick Harper (questionable)	forearm
DE	Jevon Kearse (questionable)	knee
T	Mike Otto (questionable)	knee
G	David Stewart (questionable)	hamstring
LB	David Thornton (questionable)	hip

San Francisco
T	Joe Staley (out)	Sprianed right knee
CB	Nate Clements (out)	Broken shoulder blade
T	Joe Staley (out)	knee
LB	Takeo Spikes (Probable)	shoulder
CB	Nate Clements (out)	shoulder
DE	Demetric Evans (out)	shoulder
T	Joe Staley (out)	Sprained right knee
CB	Nate Clements (out)	Broken shoulder blade - out 6 to 8 weeks

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Dallas Cowboys (8-3)
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Philadelphia Eagles (6-4)

Peter's Picks Peter Says: Dallas 20, Philadelphia 31 Fans Say: Eagles (73%)

I know this is going to be a controversial point in the Westbrook household, and I value Brian Westbrook very highly as a player and important cog in the Eagles' success. But today, right now, Philly doesn't lose a lot -- except on blitz pickup, where Westbrook's a gem -- with LeSean McCoy in the lineup.

Injury Report

Dallas
CB	Allen Rossum (out)	hamstring
RB	Marion Barber (Probable)	thumb
DE	Jay Ratliff (Probable)	knee
S	Gerald Sensabaugh (Probable)	thumb
LB	DeMarcus Ware (Probable)	foot

Philadelphia
RB	Brian Westbrook (questionable)	concussion
C	Chris Clemons (Probable)	shoulder, elbow
G	Todd Herremans (Probable)	foot
DE	Darren Howard (Probable)	ankle
C	Nick Cole (Probable)	knee
WR	DeSean Jackson (Probable)	foot
T	Jason Peters (Probable)	ankle
G	Max Jean-Gilles (Probable)	shoulder
KR	Kevin Curtis (out)	knee
DE	Victor Abiamiri (Doubtful)	knee

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Pittsburgh Steelers (6-4)
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Denver Broncos (7-4)

Peter's Picks Peter Says: Pittsburgh 13, Denver 20 Fans Say: Steelers (68%)

Anyone notice last week, in the Denver-Baltimore game, how defensive coordinator Mike Nolan calls blitzes that allow his defenders to come unblocked? Happened at least three times that I saw, once with Brian Dawkins coming from the right that was one of those fear-for-Joe-Flacco's-safety moments. I mention that because if I'm Steelers offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, I'm thinking I've got to keep a back or tight end, or both, in or around the backfield consistently on pass plays, with heads on a swivel. That could make the Steelers screen game more effective, but it could also limit what Ben Roethlisberger can do downfield too.

Injury Report

Pittsburgh
LB	Lawrence Timmons (Doubtful)	ankle
S	Ryan Clark (questionable)	illness
DE	Travis Kirschke (Doubtful)	calf

Denver
S	Josh Barrett (Probable)	hamstring
T	Ryan Harris (out)	toe
DE	Ryan Mcbean (out)	knee

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Prediction: Steelers Score: 0 - Broncos Score: 0, Total Combined First Downs: 0

Actual: Steelers Score: 28 - Broncos Score: 10

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