I heard a coughing sound over the weekend and since I was battling a head cold, I thought it was me, but as it turns out, it was actually the Patriots choking away their shot at a bye week in this year's postseason.It's hard to put into words how big of a choke job New England pulled against the Dolphins, but I'm going to try. The Patriots were favored by 17.5 points in the game, which I'm only telling you because, before Sunday, no team favored by 17 or more points had lost a game . Since 2000, were 28-0 when favored by that many points, and all the Patriots had Lance Lynn Jersey to do to keep the streak going was to not let Ryan Fitzpatrick drive 75 yards down the field for a touchdown in the final four minutes of the game. Spoiler alert: They did not stop him.Besides the Chiefs, who stole New England's bye, the biggest winner in the Fitzmagic show was the person below, who now gets the honor of buying eight different Fitzpatrick jerseys. If the Dolphins beat the Patriots today, not only will I get a Ryan Fitzpatrick Dolphins jersey, but I will get a Ryan Fitzpatrick jersey from every team hes ever been on. Troy (@Troy_Rolan12) I might start a GoFundMe for that guy, because I feel like I should chip in on that. With Week 17 in the books, that means it's now time for the playoffs, and up first, we have the round that I love to hate: The wild-card round. I love watching it, but I hate trying to predict it, because it always gets crazy, and I'm not talking kind of crazy, I'm talking "Up is left, right is down, orange is a sound, nobody knows what's going on" crazy.Just to give you an idea of how crazy things can get during the first weekend of the playoffs, consider this: Underdogs went 4-0 against the spread and 3-1 straight-up last season. You can also throw home-field advantage out the window: Home teams are 0-8 against the spread over the past two years. And if that's not confusing enough, we have three quarterbacks making their first career playoff start, which is definitely not a good thing. Since 2002, QBs making their first career playoff start in the Wild Card round are:8-28 straight up (22.2%)3-11 ATS as a fav (21.4%)7-15 ATS as a dog (31.8%)Unders are 27-15 (64.3%)FADE 2019-20 PLAYOFF DEBUTSAllen Wentz Chris Beck Jersey Tannehill JonBoyBeats (@jonboybeats) I think that means I should be picking against Josh Allen, Ryan Tannehill and Carson Wentz this week. So will I pick against them? Let's get to the picks and find out.Actually, before we get to the picks, here's a quick reminder that you can check out the weekly picks from every . If you click over, you'll notice that I put everyone to shame and ended the regular season with best straight-up picks record here at CBSSports.com. I will no doubt be bringing that up at every company function for the next three years. On the other hand, Will Brinson put me to shame by finishing with the best picks record against the spread.Speaking of Brinson, if you need a new podcast to listen to in 2020, I highly suggest that you , which is our daily podcast here at CBSSports.com that's hosted by Brinson. From now until the , I'll be joining Brinson on the podcast multiple days per week to talk football and anything else we can think of. On Tuesday's episode, which you can listen to below, we went over all the coaching firings that have happened so far, and every firing that should have happened.Alright, that's enough stalling, let's get to the picks, and just so you guys know, my New Year's resolution for 2020 is to get more picks right, so let's hope I actually keep that one since I've blown ever resolution since 2004. NFL Wild-Card picksNo. 5 Buffalo (10-6) at No. 4 Houston (10-6)Saturday, 4:35 p.m. ET Marcell Ozuna Jersey (ESPN/ABC)Point spread: Texans, -3 points"Houston, we have a problem."Guys, I didn't want to start things off here by opening with the most overused cliche in history, but I did it, because I honestly do think that Houston might have a problem on Saturday and that problem is their defense. The Texans have been so good on offense all season that it's kind of overshadowed just how bad the team has been on defense. For one, they gave up an average of 388.3 yards per game this year, which was so bad that only the Bengals, Cardinals, Dolphins and Lions were worse. If you're on a Whitey Herzog Jersey list -- any list -- with with the Bengals, Cardinals, Dolphins and Lions, that definitely qualifies as a problem.If this game had been played last year, Josh Allen probably would have thrown four interceptions and the Bills probably would have lost 17-10, but this year, Allen has actually looked good, and I'm pretty sure he's going to be able to take advantage of Houston's defense. Speaking of defense, the Bills are actually pretty good on that side of the ball: They gave up the second fewest points in the NFL this year, the second fewest touchdown pa ses, they also gave up the third fewest pa sing yards and they were one of only three teams that held opposing quarterbacks to under an 80.0 QB rating (To put that in perspective opposing QB's had a 95.3 rating against the Texans this year).I really want to pick the Bills in this game, but the one thing that's holding me back is that the Bills are horrible at winning playoff games. They're the new Bengals. They haven't won in the postseason since 1995, which also happens to be the year that "Braveheart" came out, which I'm only mentioning because villages get burned and destroyed in that movie, and there's a 50% chance the city of Buffalo is going to be burned and destroyed on Saturday night if the Bills win this game. I mean, let's be honest, this is the fan base that smashes each other through folding tables, so burning a city to the ground to celebrate a win wouldn't be completely out of the question. On a somewhat related note, I went 13-3 picking Bills games this year, and I'm pretty sure that's directly related to the fact that I got slammed through multiple folding tables as a kid. I might slam myself through another table if I get this pick right.The pick:Bills 23-20 over TexansRecord picking Bills games this season Miles Mikolas Jersey :13-3Record picking Texans games this season:7-9No. 6 Tenne see (9-7) at No. 3 New England (12-4)Saturday, 8:15 p.m. ET (CBS)Point spread: Patriots, -4.5 pointsThis is my favorite game of the weekend and I'm not just saying that because it's on CBS, although I do like the fact that it's on CBS because I love everything on CBS. (As you can clearly see, one of my early goals for 2020 is to start sucking up to my bo ses more). Anyway, if you're like most of America and didn't pay very much attention to the Titans this season, let me give you a quick refresher on Tenne see: They had the NFL's leading rusher, they have a wide receiver who more than 20 yards per catch and they have the best quarterback in the entire league. OK, tha