Greg Cote's wild-card weekend picks

We've been doing NFL picks in the Miami Herald since Don Shula and Dan Marino were still rocking Miami. The Patriots quarterback was somebody named "Hugh Millen." Bill Belichick was a rookie head coach with the Browns. It was 1991 _ making this our 28th season of picks. And our best. Ever. Our .705 regular-season winning percentage overall tied our personal best. And our .582 mark against the spread is alone at No. 1, beating the previous record of .574. Not a great finishing kick last week but we still managed to hit on four dogs with points in the Lions, Cowboys, Bears and Bengals. Now we wipe the slate. Playoffs, baby!