LIONS (4-9) at CARDINALS (4-9)

Line: DET by 6.

Cote’s pick: DET 30-16.

TV: 4:05 p.m., Fox.

Meet your Dog of The Week runner-up, with both teams eliminated from playoff contention thanks to five losses in a row by Detroit and a barely fathomable nine in a row by Arizona. Cards fell 58-0 last week, third-worst shutout loss in NFL since 1950. Good news? They can’t be that bad again. Bad News? Their QB play is horrific, and their secondary is no match for Detroit’s air game.

PANTHERS (4-9) at CHARGERS (5-8)

Line: SD by 3.

Cote’s pick: SD 26-20.

TV: 4:05 p.m., Fox.

Cam Newton has been hot the past three games but too late for eliminated Carolina. San Diego somehow is still alive, but only by the same screwy math that has Miami and Buffalo still alive, too. Yet both teams are coming off very impressive wins (Cats over Falcons; Bolts over Steelers) and could make for an entertaining game. Make it a straight venue call.

SEAHAWKS (8-5) vs. BILLS (5-8) (in Toronto)

Line: SEA by 5.

Cote’s pick: SEA 23-20.

TV: 4:05 p.m., Fox.

What did poor Canada do to deserve an annual Bills game? Seattle is playoff-headed but would be imperiled by a loss here, while Buffs are technically still alive but I think would require several other teams to all suddenly go out of business or be kidnapped. Marshawn Lynch faces his ex-team for first time. Seabirds won 58-0 last week and will have a letdown to keep this close.

STEELERS (7-6) at COWBOYS (7-6)

Line: PIT by 1 1/2.

Cote’s pick: DAL 24-23.

TV: 4:25 p.m., CBS.

Here’s a marquee matchup in that these clubs have combined for 16 Super Bowl appearances and 11 titles. But their 2012 versions both are fighting on the edge of playoff contention largely because they are a combined minus-23 on turnovers. I’m nervous Dez Bryant is very iffy, and nervous that Dallas is 0-6 against the spread at home — nervous because I like the ’Boys and Tony Romo against a depleted Pitt secondary.

JETS (6-7) at TITANS (4-9)

Line: TEN by 1.

Cote’s pick: NYJ 19-17.

TV: 8:30 p.m. Monday, ESPN.

And the big week ends with a crashing bore of a Monday night snoozer! Tennessee is eliminated from playoff contention while the Planes by winning here still would have an outside shot given their friendly closing schedule. Chris Johnson has hit quicksand the past three games (53-175), and Tenners don’t have much else, so Rex Ryan, alas, leaves the field smiling. And I leave the week rolling dice with a fifth outright upset call.