▁a ▁home ▁play off ▁game ▁in ▁franch ise ▁history , ▁had ▁achieved ▁an ▁ 8 – 0 ▁record ▁at ▁home ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁and ▁had ▁established ▁a ▁run ▁of ▁Lam be au ▁Field ▁domin ance ▁since ▁the ▁Mike ▁Hol m gren ▁era . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁playing ▁home ▁games ▁at ▁Lam be au ▁Field ▁would ▁seem ingly ▁give ▁the ▁Pack ers ▁a ▁significant ▁advantage ▁in ▁the ▁play offs . ▁The ▁final ▁game ▁was ▁on ▁the ▁road ▁against ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁J ets , ▁who ▁beat ▁the ▁Pack ers ’ ▁hand ily ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁A FC ▁East ▁division ▁title . ▁The ▁loss ▁was ▁a ▁dev ast ating ▁blow ▁to ▁the ▁Pack ers . ▁The ▁team ▁was ▁b ump ed ▁down ▁to ▁a ▁number ▁three ▁seed ▁in ▁the ▁N FC , ▁and ▁had ▁an ▁incred ibly ▁difficult ▁road ▁to ▁the ▁Super ▁Bowl . ▁Six ▁days ▁later , ▁the ▁Pack ers ▁were ▁be aten ▁by ▁Michael ▁V ick ' s ▁Atlanta ▁Fal cons , ▁the ▁first ▁home ▁play off ▁loss ▁in ▁Pack ers ▁history . ▁ ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁season ▁was ▁another ▁memor able ▁year ▁for ▁quarter back ▁Bre tt ▁F av re . ▁Through out ▁the ▁season , ▁F av re ▁was ▁a ▁favorite ▁to ▁win ▁his ▁fourth ▁Most ▁Val u able ▁Player ▁award . ▁The ▁Pack ers ’ ▁l ops ided ▁loss ▁to ▁the ▁J ets ▁in ▁the ▁regular ▁season ▁finale ▁may ▁have ▁s way ed ▁vot ers , ▁as ▁F av re ▁lost ▁the