Toronto Star

BRUCE ARTHUR’S NFL PICKS

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Pittsburgh (-10) at Indianapol­is

One of the great pleasures of this awful Colts season is that Gregg Doyel, the combativel­y colourful columnist for the Indianapol­is Star, gets to unload every week. He’s good anytime, but he’s great when he opens the fire hoses. Pick: Indianapol­is

New Orleans (-3) at Buffalo

Big game, Buffalo. Big game. 5-3, in a playoff spot, crapped out against the Jets last week. My Buffalo friend says you can hear the celebratio­ns if you’re outside during a game and the Bills score. It can be the same if they really screw up, too. Pick: Buffalo

N.Y. Giants (-2.5) at San Francisco

There is speculatio­n Eli Manning could be benched. Two Super Bowl wins over Tom Brady, his best wide receiver hurt, two starts from passing Peyton’s consecutiv­e starts mark. I predict the saddest Manning face if this happens. Pick: San Francisco THE REST Selections in bold. Green Bay (+5.5) at Chicago Cleveland (+11.5) at Detroit L.A. Chargers (+3.5) at Jacksonvil­le N.Y. Jets (-2.5) at Tampa Bay Minnesota (-1.5) at Washington Cincinnati (+4.5) at Tennessee Houston (+12) at L.A. Rams Dallas (+3) at Atlanta New England (-7.5) at Denver Miami (+9) at Carolina Byes: Baltimore, Kansas City, Oakland, Philadelph­ia

Last week: 7-5-1 Season record: 54-75-3

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