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Moments after the Packers had clinched their NFC playoff berth on Sunday, Head Coach Mike McCarthy already was talking about the "road warrior" mentality his team will have to possess in the month of January.
As a Wild Card entrant seeded fifth or sixth in the NFC, it's highly likely the Packers will need to win three road playoff games in order to make it to the Super Bowl. Their first playoff game will be on the road against a division champion, and should they win, their second would be on the road against a division champion that received a first-round bye.
The highest remaining seed would then host the NFC Championship, so the only way the Packers would get a home game would be as a No. 5 seed hosting a No. 6 seed that also would have won two road games in the first two rounds.
But the odds of that are quite small. Since the NFL went to the current playoff format in 1990, two Wild Card teams have never met for a conference championship in either the NF..
Source: Packers.com
