Five reasons the Green Bay Packers will win Super Bowl 50

5. History as a wild card

While missing out on the NFC North division title for the first time in five years isn’t great, there’s still a silver lining in the Packers’ Week 17 loss to the Vikings.

Sure, the Vikes get bragging rights, the t-shirts, the caps, and the NFC’s No. 3 seed. But they also get the Seattle Seahawks, the one team nobody in the conference wants to see this time of year.

By comparison, the Packers get the No. 5 seed and a date with the Redskins. Washington has been playing very, very well of late, and quarterback Kirk Cousins has been on a bit of a hot streak the last few weeks. The ‘Skins also have a talented receiver corps, a nice 1-2 punch at running back, and a surprisingly overachieving defense. They are by no means an easy out.

But anyone who’s watched any football at all this season (particularly in the second half) would still take the Redskins on the road over the Seahawks at home any day of the week — just look at what Seattle did in Arizona last week.

The Packers also have a bit of history on their side. The first and only time Aaron Rodgers guided the team to ultimate glory, he did so as a Wild Card. 2010’s Packers were historic in that it was the first time in the history of the NFL that a No. 6 seed in the NFC won the Super Bowl.

In summation, fans of the green and yellow shouldn’t be sweating their playoff seeding one iota.

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