NFL playoffs: Three things to watch for in Packers-Cowboys on Super Wild Card Weekend

From the Ice Bowl to the "Dez caught it" game to a 2016 divisional-round thriller in Dallas, the Cowboys and Packers have a long, storied postseason history.

They've met in the playoffs eight times. Each team has won four.

Now the two titanic franchises will meet Sunday in a legacy game for Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy. He's led Dallas to three straight 12-5 finishes, but this is arguably the best team he's had since taking the Cowboys' job in 2020.

McCarthy's teams have gone 1-2 in the playoffs since, with their only win on the road. McCarthy's two playoff victories in Dallas came when he was the Packers' head coach. The first was Super Bowl XLV in early 2011. The second was the 34-31 classic seven years ago when Green Bay coughed up an 18-point lead but won it with two 50-plus-yard field goals in the final two minutes.

History doesn't interest McCarthy, who said he "won't participate" in a him-versus-his-former team narrative leading up to the game, even though there's a street named after him adjacent to Lambeau Field.

Only a handful of current Packers even played for McCarthy, who was fired midseason in 2019. But in his first game against them last season, the Packers wiped out a 14-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Cowboys in overtime at Lambeau.

McCarthy knows the pressure is on his team to produce. The Cowboys are favored for a reason, but the Packers look like a scary opponent.

The Cowboys have won every game at home this season, scoring 30 or more in all but one of those eight games, and they've run their win streak at AT&T Stadium to 16, dating back to last season. The Packers were only 4-5 on the road but won three of their final four away from Lambeau.

Dak Prescott has been terrific this season, leading