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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Buccaneers and Titans will begin from Tennessee in the early Sunday afternoon game at 1PM Eastern Time and you can only watch this on a regional basis over FOX.

You have to be concerned about the health of Titans quarterback Matt Hasselbeck as the quarterback was forced to leave last week’s loss against the Atlanta Falcons with an elbow injury.

He also has a strain in his flexor muscle in his forearm.

The Titans offense has sputtered for the better part of this season as they cannot get their run game going with just 77 yards rushing per game.

Chris Johnson has not played up to potential and his reputation is the only reason he is in the lineup now.

Like what I saw in the effort from Tampa Bay last week in their game against Green Bay.

Buccaneer running back LeGarrette Blount looks healthy now.

Tampa Bay is a desperate team and will bring a huge effort here and have more playmakers on offense than Tennessee.

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The Raiders and Vikings will begin this NFL game from Minnesota in the early game at 1PM Eastern Time and the contest will be televised on a regional basis over CBS.

Look for a heavy dose of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson here against a suspect run defense of the Oakland Raiders.

We have seen Oakland have trouble defending the run this season as evidenced by their major home collapse to Denver.

When Minnesota was at home and needed a win they put the ball into Adrian Peterson’s hands and he delivered against the Arizona Cardinals.

The Vikings rush the passer much better at home and expect Minnesota to give fits to the immobile Raider quarterback in Carson Palmer.

Since his knee surgery Palmer has had mobility issues.

Nice spot for Minnesota to exploit Raider weaknesses here.

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The Steelers and Bengals will lock horns in the early game at 1PM Eastern Time and you can watch this NFL game on a regional basis over CBS television.

This will be one of those highly intensive battles between two divisional rivals from the NFC south on Sunday and expect this to be a close game decided by a touchdown or less.

Cincinnati has this game circled on their calendar as they have been looking for respect with a record of 6-2.

They will bring maximum effort here and if you are looking for a letdown it may be a good idea to go against them next week.

The Bengals defense has been outstanding this season. They are allowing just 3.7 yards a carry on the year.

Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton has solid weapons in the passing game in rookie wide receiver A.J. Green, tight end Donald Lee and wide receiver Jerome Simpson.

The Steelers secondary has been vulnerable and look for the Bengals to exploit them with their vertical deep threats.

Pittsburgh’s run defense has not been good this year as they are allowing nearly 5 yards per rush to their opponents on the highway.

Bengals running back Cedric Benson will make plays in the run game to help create space for the receivers in passing plays as Pittsburgh will have to respect the Bengals ground attack creating play action opportunities.

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This key NFL game between the Buccaneers and Saints will begin at 1PM Eastern Time from Tampa Bay and you can watch it regionally on FOX television.

This will be one of those highly intensive battles between two divisional rivals from the NFC south on Sunday and expect this to be a close game decided by a touchdown or less.

The Buccaneers coaching staff has placed a very high priority towards divisional games this season.

They felt it cost them a playoff spot last season despite a winning record in 2010.

Look for the Buccaneers to exploit this Saints run defense as they will pound a healthy LeGarrette Blount at them on Sunday.

With the Saints linebackers forced to guard the line of scrimmage for possible runs from Blount it will create more space for Josh Freeman’s receiving corps to find openings against a soft New Orleans secondary.

We saw New Orleans falter last week after losing running back Mark Ingram.

He remains questionable and may not be 100% if he returns to the Saints lineup as he has a heel injury.

Look for Buccaneers playmakers in the passing game in Arrelious Benn, Mike Williams and Kellen Winslow key this Tampa Bay offense as they bring their maximum effort against a hated divisional foe.

You have key numbers here in 3, 4, 6 and 7 so if the game lands on any one of those numbers you win no matter who wins.

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The Bengals and Seahawks will be the late game on Sunday afternoon as they begin at 4:15PM Eastern time with regional television broadcast provided by CBS.

It’s a fact. The Seattle Seahawks play much better at home as they are juiced by the 12th man in the stands.

The Seattle crowd is loud and greatly motivates the team on the offensive and defensive line.

The Seahawks run much better on their home field.

A very tough spot for rookie quarterback Andy Dalton having to engineer a very young receiving corps through a deafening crowd.

I expect a lot of false starts and mistakes from the Cincinnati offense in this one.

Seattle gets the cover in one of the best home field advantages in football.

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