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Indianapolis Colts (14-2)
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Buffalo Bills (6-10)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: Indianapolis 12, Buffalo 24 Fans Say: Colts (58%)

The Bills put up 24 on the team the Colts put on the field for the fourth preseason game last summer.

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Jacksonville Jaguars (7-9)
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Cleveland Browns (5-11)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: Jacksonville 20, Cleveland 26 Fans Say: Jaguars (64%)

In the past three weeks, Cleveland has won three games; Minnesota and New Orleans have combined to win two. And I still think the odds are against Eric Mangini keeping his job when he pow-wows with Mike Holmgren early next week.

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Chicago Bears (7-9)
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Detroit Lions (2-14)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: Chicago 23, Detroit 10 Fans Say: Bears (88%)

In the 1994 and 1995 seasons, Erik Kramer and Steve Walsh combined to throw 1,023 passes for the Bears with 26 interceptions. This year, throwing 522 passes, Jay Cutler has 26 interceptions. I think that's a little bit more than a quirky stat.

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San Francisco 49ers (8-8)
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St. Louis Rams (1-15)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: San Francisco 23, St. Louis 16 Fans Say: 49ers (95%)

Remember how we all said there's no way Michael Crabtree could make an impact as a late-signing NFL freshman? Well, he's no Pro Bowler or anything, but he's had 78 balls thrown to him in 10 weeks. That's impact.

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Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7)
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Miami Dolphins (7-9)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: Pittsburgh 26, Miami 20 Fans Say: Steelers (70%)

Mike Tomlin rises at dawn in his Fort Lauderdale hotel Sunday morning, walks into the bathroom, looks in the mirror and says, "Eleven months ago, I'm waking up in a hotel room in Florida on a Sunday morning, putting the final touches on a Super Bowl game plan. Today I'm waking up in a hotel room in Florida, putting the final touches on a game plan to win a game so that we'll have prayer of being the last wild-card team. A prayer. What happened?''

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New York Giants (8-8)
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Minnesota Vikings (12-4)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: New York 25, Minnesota 27 Fans Say: Vikings (80%)

If it's possible to pick neither team to win, sign me up for that option.

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Atlanta Falcons (9-7)
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Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-13)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: Atlanta 30, Tampa Bay 12 Fans Say: Falcons (88%)

One team you can count on giving an October effort this weekend-despite being out of the playoffs is Atlanta, playing to earn the first back-to-back winning seasons in franchise history. I don't think we can overplay what a strange, strange factoid that is in the Falcons' 44th season of existence.

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New Orleans Saints (13-3)
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Carolina Panthers (8-8)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: New Orleans 20, Carolina 23 Fans Say: Saints (50%)

I want to see the Saints turn it around. I really do. It'd be good for football, good for the postseason. But did you see the Panthers last week? No matter who runs the ball for this team, they're a powerhouse right now, and they'll play that way even though they've got nothing on the line. That's the way they've been brought up in the John Fox system.

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New England Patriots (10-6)
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Houston Texans (9-7)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: New England 17, Houston 27 Fans Say: Patriots (53%)

Simple reason: I don't see Bill Belichick playing Tom Brady, with everything that has ailed him the second half of this season (shoulder, ribs, finger) four quarters in a game the Patriots don't need.

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Philadelphia Eagles (11-5)
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Dallas Cowboys (11-5)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: Philadelphia 23, Dallas 24 Fans Say: Eagles (54%)

Game-of-the-year type game, and somehow I see a Miles Austin-DeSean Jackson duel in Arlington. I love this game. Both teams will enter the postseason playing better than the Vikes and Saints.

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Kansas City Chiefs (4-12)
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Denver Broncos (8-8)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: Kansas City 13, Denver 23 Fans Say: Broncos (93%)

I think the football world is being a little too harsh on the Broncos. If they win this game, they finish 9-7. Think of it if you're a Broncos fan: You'd have taken a 7-9 season and been delirious. So be happy with 9-7 and playoffless.

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Baltimore Ravens (9-7)
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Oakland Raiders (5-11)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: Baltimore 23, Oakland 16 Fans Say: Ravens (88%)

Ravens are in with the win, but they'd better do something about the penalties for the playoffs: They're first in the league with penalty yardage (1,057, on 110 flags).

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Green Bay Packers (11-5)
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Arizona Cardinals (10-6)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: Green Bay 31, Arizona 23 Fans Say: Cardinals (55%)

Packers are in with a win or loss, but they'd better do something about the penalties for the playoffs: They're first in the league in accepted penalties (114, for 1,038 yards).

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Washington Redskins (4-12)
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San Diego Chargers (13-3)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: Washington 10, San Diego 13 Fans Say: Chargers (92%)

A nice little postcard for Jim Zorn to remember his two years in Washington. His Redskins play a team treating this game like it's August and still can't muster up enough offense to win.

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Tennessee Titans (8-8)
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Seattle Seahawks (5-11)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: Tennessee 31, Seattle 16 Fans Say: Titans (92%)

The only number anyone cares about from this game: 146. That's Chris Johnson's rushing yardage, and gives him his 2,000-yard season on the first Sunday of a new decade in the Pacific Northwest.

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Cincinnati Bengals (10-6)
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New York Jets (9-7)
Peter's Picks Peter Says: Cincinnati 10, New York 26 Fans Say: Jets (57%)

Congratulations, Jets. You've qualified for the playoffs, and a wild-card trip to Foxboro next weekend, by beating Curtis Painter and J.T. O'Sullivan in the second half of two straight games. What pride you must be feeling.

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