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The 49ers and Rams will tee it up from St Louis at 1PM Eastern Time and FOX provides regional television coverage to parts of the country.

This is a very meaningful game for the San Francisco 49ers as with a win against hapless St Louis and they will earn the all important first round bye in the NFC playoffs.

This St Louis Rams team has been inept offensively averaging just 11 points a game.

The 49ers offensive attack is centered around a power run game and the Rams have been extremely weak defending the run as evidence to giving up 154 yards and nearly 5 yards per rush average.

San Francisco has one of the best field goal kickers in the league in David Akers so you know the 49ers will cash in on their opportunities to score.

Sam Bradford has been hit with a bad ankle that has forced him to miss the past five games.

Backup quarterback A.J. Feeley is also out with a broken thumb.

It is third string quarterback Kellen Clemens under center with very little weapons in his passing game.

Rams running back Steven Jackson is running against a San Francisco defense giving up just 3.4 yards per rush.

San Francisco gets the cover here.

NFL free picks will select San Francisco 49ers -10 1/2 points.

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The Giants and Jets kick off from New York at 1PM Eastern Time and you can watch this regionally over FOX.

The Jets have been solid at home this season with a 5-1 straight up overall record with their lone loss coming against the Patriots.

The Giants have struggled down the stretch losing five of their past six games.

Their secondary has struggled mightily in coverage as there have been many blown assignments due to communication problems.

The Giants have given up tons of yardage in the passing game.

Mark Sanchez in his past two home games has six touchdowns passes and only one interception.

The New York Giants team defensively on the road has been atrocious giving up 27 points and 401 yards per game.

The Jets offense performs well against bad defenses.

NFL free picks will select New York Jets -3 points.

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The Ravens and Chargers will kick off Sunday night football from San Diego at 8:20PM Eastern Time and you can watch this NFL game nationally over NBC television.

Chargers quarterback Phillip Rivers finally has all his weapons healthy and on the field.

The team led by Rivers has put together impressive back to back winning performances.

You have to like the fact that Phillip Rivers in his tenure with the San Diego Chargers is 27-2 lifetime in the month of December.

The Baltimore Ravens have had some head scratching performances on the road this season.

The Ravens dropped a game at Jacksonville and were outplayed by the Seattle Seahawks in a west coast loss this season.

When you examine Baltimore on the road this season you see the team averages just 20 points per game.

Quarterback Joe Flacco had quarterback ratings in the mid 60’s in road games against Cleveland, Seattle and Jacksonville.

His completion percentage was no better than 55% in those games.

The Baltimore secondary will have problems in coverage against the Chargers healthy receiving corps.

Ryan Mathews is becoming a threat as well in the passing game and has shown good improvement.

San Diego gets the cover on Sunday night football.

NFL free picks will select San Diego Chargers +2 ½ points.

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This NFL pro football game between New Orleans and Tennessee will begin from Tennessee at 1PM Eastern Time with regional television coverage provided by FOX.

In the 2011 season the New Orleans Saints have looked unbeatable at home and beatable on the road.

The Saints are a .500 team on the highway with losses to the Packers, Rams and Buccaneers.

Teams have run wild at home when they have played the Saints as New Orleans allows 5.2 yards per rush against average in their six road games on the year.

Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson has begun to get in good form for the team as he has had good results of late.

The Titans have played well defensively allowing just 19 points a game to their opponents.

Behind their run game and defense Tennessee covers this number.

NFL free picks will select Tennessee Titans +3 ½ points.

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The Falcons and Texans are the early game so they will kick off from Houston at 1PM Eastern Time and you can watch this game on a regional basis over FOX television.

The Atlanta Falcons have been playing pretty good football as the team is winners of two straight and five of their past six games.

During that span their defense has held opponents to 17 or less points.

Quarterback Matt Ryan has performed very well with passer ratings in triple digits in three of his past four starts.

He has thrown no interceptions in his past two games.

Houston is in trouble.

Both their starting quarterback and backup are out due to injury.

You are looking at a rookie in Taylor Yates who will get the start without the benefit of much of a training camp due to the lockout.

The Falcons sell out to the stop the run and in process will bring pressure on Yates and force the rookie into mistakes.

Atlanta has film on him after Yates played in the second half last week.

NFL free picks will select Atlanta Falcons -3 points.

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