2025 NFL playoff bracket prediction and picks: Commanders shock Lions in divisional round, Ravens top Bills

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After watching the first round of the playoffs, I'm starting to think I might need to buy a copy of A.J. Brown's book before I make my picks in the divisional round. 

Brown was reading something called "Inner Excellence" and let me just say that "Excellence" is not a word anyone would use to describe my wild-card picks. Sure, I went 4-2 straight up, but I went 1-5 against the spread. My 4-year-old likes birds and if I would have just listened to her and only taken the bird teams (Ravens and Eagles) to cover in the wild-card round, even that would have been better than what I did. In related news, I might start only picking bird teams. 

The key to picking games in the divisional round is to not overthink it, which could be a problem for me because I overthink everything. I mean, I spent four hours trying to figure out what I was going to have for lunch yesterday and by the time I figured out what I wanted, it was already time to eat dinner.