Last week: 8-8 (.500)

Season record: 113-63(.642)

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THURSDAY

Game: Tennessee Titans (10-1) at Detroit Lions, 12:30 p.m.

The skinny: The Lions are the league's biggest turkeys and, given their remaining schedule, could go winless for the entire season. The Titans don't have to worry anymore about going through the season without a loss.

Prediction: Titans, 34-10

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Game: Seattle Seahawks (2-9) at Dallas Cowboys (7-4), 4:15 p.m.

The skinny: Tony Romo gets another chance to fatten his statistics against another bad team from the NFC West. Let's see what happens when he gets to play the Steelers in another week.

Prediction: Cowboys, 34-14

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Game: Arizona Cardinals (7-4) at Philadelphia Eagles (5-5-1), 8:15 p.m.

The skinny: The Eagles are a late comer for fraud of the year, right behind the Browns and Broncos. They happened to play one good game this season, and it happened to be against the Steelers.

Prediction: Cardinals, 24-23

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SUNDAY

Game: Steelers (8-3) at New England Patriots (7-4), 4:15 p.m.

The skinny: There has not been much success in New England recently for the Steelers, who have lost their past four games in Foxboro. Let's not go all Anthony Smith here, but isn't it about time?

Prediction: Steelers, 23-17

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Game: Baltimore Ravens (7-4) at Cincinnati Bengals (1-9-1), 1 p.m.

The skinny: The Ravens have won five of their past six and are not going away in the AFC North. But the schedule gets a whole lot more difficult after the Bengals, who have won the past three home meetings.

Prediction: Ravens, 20-16

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Game: San Francisco 49ers (3-8) at Buffalo Bills (6-5), 1 p.m.

The skinny: The 49ers are one of five West Coast teams who have not won a game in the eastern-time zone this season (0-13). The Bills are trying not to fall away in the race in the AFC East.

Prediction: Bills, 30-20

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Game: Indianapolis Colts (7-4) at Cleveland Browns (4-7), 1 p.m.

The skinny: The Colts are on a roll and keep finding ways to win, thanks to Peyton Manning. By the way, whatever happened to all that preseason talk about the Browns winning the division title?

Prediction: Colts, 34-10

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Game: Carolina Panthers (8-3) at Green Bay Packers (5-6), 1 p.m.

The skinny: It is difficult to determine which defense feels worse -- the Panthers, who allowed 45 points to the Falcons; or the Packers, who allowed 51 to the Saints.

Prediction: Panthers, 31-28

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Game: Miami Dolphins (6-5) at St. Louis Rams (2-9), 1 p.m.

The skinny: Well, at least the Rams are getting better: They only trailed, 24-3, at the half last week against the Bears. Perhaps they should stop this one at the half because it might get ugly.

Prediction: Dolphins, 41-21

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Game: New Orleans Saints (6-5) at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-3), 1 p.m.

The skinny: This is the last chance for the Saints, who lead the league in offense, to stay in the division race. They won't run up and down the field against Tampa Bay like they did against the other Bay.

Prediction: Buccaneers, 24-20

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Game: New York Giants (10-1) at Washington Redskins (7-4), 1 p.m.

The skinny: Including playoffs, the Giants have won four consecutive games against their division opponents, including 16-7 against the Redskins in the season opener. And they are 14-1 in their last 15 road games.

Prediction: Giants, 20-13

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Game: Atlanta Falcons (7-4) at San Diego Chargers (4-7), 4:05 p.m.

The skinny: Is there a more anxiety-riddled team than the Chargers, who have lost four games in the final 24 seconds? They sure do miss that guy who has over 1,000 yards rushing for the Falcons -- Michael Turner.

Prediction: Chargers, 38-34

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Game: Denver Broncos (6-5) at New York Jets (8-3), 4:15 p.m.

The skinny: Are the Jets, who have won five in a row after beating Tennessee, the best team in the AFC? I dunno, but the Broncos have solidified their stance as one of the league's biggest jokes after losing to the Raiders.

Prediction: Jets, 38-17

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Game: Kansas City Chiefs (1-10) at Oakland Raiders (3-8), 4:15 p.m.

The skinny: Everyone makes fun of the Lions and Bengals, but what about the defensively deficient Chiefs? Their string of five consecutive victories in Oakland might finally come to an end.

Prediction: Raiders, 30-17

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Game: Chicago Bears (6-5) at Minnesota (6-5), 8:15 p.m.

The skinny: Does anybody out there want to win the NFC North? Since scoring 41 points against Bears and losing on Oct. 19, the Vikings have won three of their past four. And they are 4-1 at home.

Prediction: Vikings, 30-28

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Game: Jacksonville Jaguars (4-7) at Houston Texans (4-7), Monday, 8:30 p.m.

The skinny: Aside from the Rams and Browns, there isn't a more disorganized, dysfunctional team than the Jaguars. And there might not be a better 4-7 team in the league than the Texans.

Prediction: Texans, 34-14