CHALKS & amp; 'DOGS \ Pro picks

Oakland (+ 7) at Kansas City: Dick Vermeil should have listened earlier to Larry Johnson's cries for playing time. CHIEFS, 37-28
Denver (- 4) at Tennessee: The Broncos still have a playoff shot. They're not playing that way. TITANS, 28-27
New England (- 3) at New York Jets: The last time the Patriots lost two games in a row, the second defeat was a 30-17 loss to the Jets in the next-to-last week of the 2002 regular season. PATRIOTS, 30-17.
San Diego (+ 7) at Indianapolis: Peyton gets the record and the Colts get the AFC's third seed, although third or fourth are about the same. COLTS, 31-27
Baltimore (+ 6) at Pittsburgh: The Ravens are fighting for their playoff lives. The Steelers have just about wrapped up home-field for the entire playoffs. STEELERS, 17-16
Houston (+ 7) at Jacksonville: The Jaguars close in on the playoffs. JAGUARS, 17-13
Carolina (+ 3) at Tampa Bay: The Panthers still look like a playoff team. PANTHERS, 27-23
Atlanta (+ 4.5) at New Orleans: This means nothing to the Falcons, so we might get Matt Schaub instead of Michael Vick. SAINTS, 27-20
Arizona (+ 7.5) at Seattle: Believe it or not, the Cards still can win the NFC West. They won't. SEAHAWKS, 31-20
Buffalo (- 11) at San Francisco: More than a decade ago, when these two were of Super Bowl-caliber, they played a game at Candlestick with no punts. BILLS, 41-3
New York Giants (+ 6) at Cincinnati: Eli Manning will have a career game. Short career, but ... GIANTS, 34-31
Washington (- 2) at Dallas: Joe Gibbs is starting to turn around the Skins. REDSKINS, 17-7
Cleveland (+ 7) at Miami: This game was "off" for a while because of Cleveland's quarterback. What quarterback? DOLPHINS 27-5
Chicago (+ 6) at Detroit: This one won't depend on an extra point. LIONS, 20-10
Philadelphia (+ 3) at St. Louis (Monday night): The Rams are favored because they Eagles have clinched everything and Terrell Owens is out. Even so ... EAGLES, 22-7
XLast week: 8-8 (spread), 10-6 (straight up). Season: 97-107-4 (spread), 137-71 (straight up)
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