The Green Bay Packers lost their season finale to the Minnesota Vikings to finish the year 10-6. The Packers will enter the playoffs as a No. 5 seed wild card team. That means they won't play another game at Lambeau Field this year unless it's against the No. 6 seed Seattle Seahawks, who they defeated in Week 2.

As non-promising as a wild card spot may seem, Packers fans shouldn't feel down at all.

The last wild card team to win the Super Bowl was the 2010 Packers, who were also coached by Mike McCarthy. That team defeated the Chicago Bears in the NFC Championship game after losing the NFC North to them. Also worth noting, that Packers squad finished the year 10-6 like this team. Maybe history will repeat itself this year.

Home field-advantage hasn't played any major factor for the Packers this season whatsoever. Surprisingly, the Packers have the same identical 5-3 record at Lambeau Field as they do on the road. The Packers lost to the Vikings, Bears and Detroit Lions at home this year for the first time since 1991. There's no reason to believe the Packers would have a much better chance of winning it all even if they had home-field advantage.

Since winning the Super Bowl (on the road), the Packers have had several postseason losses at Lambeau Field. In 2011 they posted an incredible 15-1 record, the best mark in the NFL. Unfortunately for the Packers, they fell to Tom Coughlin and the New York Giants in the first playoff game by a lopsided score of 37-20. In 2012 they lost to Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers for the second consecutive year, this time at home.

Since 2010 the Packers have a 4-2 playoff record away from Lambeau Field, but just a 2-2 mark at home in that same time span.

Which brings us to Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers is obviously one of the best quarterbacks in the game today, but he he's not a cold weather guy. The California-born quarterback performs much better in domes and warm temperatures. The Packers wild card Super Bowl run in 2010 is a prime example. Rodgers performed well against the Philadelphia Eagles with three touchdowns and zero interceptions in moderate outdoor conditions. Rodgers was fantastic against the Atlanta Falcons in a dome game in the second round with another three touchdowns and zero interceptions.

The NFC Championship game is when he fell apart, against the Bears. Soldier Field had a wind chill of seven degrees, and Rodgers had one of the worst games of his career tossing zero scores and another two interceptions. That was erased in the Super Bowl when Rodgers won game MVP against the Pittsburgh Steelers with a phenomenal three touchdown performance. That Super Bowl was played in warm and cozy AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.

The Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals hold the top two seeds in the NFC this year. No disrespect to them, but neither Carolina or Arizona have an intimidating history of playing at home in January. We're not talking about Pittsburgh or Denver here.

So cheer up, Packers fans. This team wasn't any better at home than on the road this year, and being the underdog away from Lambeau Field may actually be a good thing.

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