Been there, done that

From the Frozen Tundra of Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, to the rarified air of the Mile High City where the Denver Broncos play, five of the eight teams that play in the NFL divisional playoffs this weekend will have Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks.

Aaron Rodgers, Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Joe Flacco and Russell Wilson have already hoisted the Lombardi Trophy.

Manning, Brady, Rodgers and Flacco have also won Super Bowl most valuable player awards and two of them will go head-to-head on Saturday when the Patriots host the Ravens with a berth in the AFC championship on the line.

Brady has steered the Patriots to five Super Bowl appearances and three titles since 2002 and a record 18 postseason wins.

But while the Patriots have lost just once at home the last two seasons, a trip to New England will not rattle a Baltimore team that have taken two-of-three playoff meetings in Foxborough and have a quarterback who has a record seven playoff road wins.

The Denver Broncos will also enjoy a considerable home field advantage in the other AFC matchup having gone 17-of-18 on their turf the last two seasons, including 8-0 this campaign.

Certainly fans can expect plenty of offensive fireworks in the Mile High City with both Andrew Luck and Manning, the future Hall of Famer that the former replaced in Indianapolis, throwing for close to 5,000 yards this season.

Manning, a five-time league MVP, won nine playoff games with the Colts, including a Super Bowl title eight years ago, and his 6,589 postseason passing yards is tops in the NFL.

“It’s not the quarterback-versus-quarterback thing,” said Luck, who led the NFL in touchdown passes with 40 this season. “We’re not on the field at the same time. I have a lot of respect for him, what he does, what he still does is amazing.”

In NFC action, the Dallas Cowboys make their first playoff visit to frigid Green Bay since the 1967 NFL championship game that is known as the “Ice Bowl.”

Dallas are the NFL’s ultimate road warriors having gone a perfect 8-0 away from their home field this season but Lambeau Field has been an impenetrable fortress this season as Green Bay are unbeaten and have outscored opponents 318-163.

The game features two quarterbacks in the MVP conversation with Tony Romo eager to prove he can deliver a Super Bowl to Dallas while Rodgers has been near perfect at home tossing 477 consecutive pass attempts and 38 touchdown passes without an interception.

The other NFC contest will pit two of the league’s most athletic and dynamic young quarterbacks and premier defenses against each other.

After leading Seattle to a Super Bowl championship last season, Wilson has established himself as an elite quarterback while Carolina Panthers signal caller Cam Newton is once again living up to the immense potential he showed in 2011 claiming rookie of the year honours.