The Green Bay Packers travel to Dallas to take on Cowboys Thursday night in a game that will all but decide home field advantage throughout the playoffs in the NFC.

The two teams seem to be approaching the showdown at Texas Stadium in different fashions. The Packers (10-1) are treating the game as if it were any other game on their schedule while the Cowboys (10-1) are treating the game as if it were a playoff game.

With only four game remaining, after what many people are calling Super Bowl XLI 3/4 Thursday night, the stakes are extremely high. While its not guaranteed that the winner will gain home field advantage throughout the playoffs, the loser will essentially be two games behind with four to play. The winner will hold the head-to-head tiebreaker.

Packers coach Mike McCarthy said he’ll treat this like any other game, not taking any chances on injured players like cornerback Charles Woodson, who is questionable to play with a toe injury.

The Cowboys, on the other hand, appear to be treating this like a playoff game. The possibility of having to travel to the Frozen Tundra in Green Bay and take on the Packers in the NFC Championship Game is definitely not on the top of Terrell Owens list.

“I’ve played up there when it’s really cold,” Owens said, “and it’s not a place you really want to play.” 

Brett Favre will be trying to add one more thing to his Hall of Fame resume if the Packers can win – a victory over the Cowboys in Texas Stadium. Favre is 0-8 lifetime in the state of Texas against the Cowboys. It’s one of nine stadiums Favre has played in without a win, though it’s the one in which he’s suffered the most losses (five reg. season, three postseason) without a victory.

The last time the Packers won in Dallas was on Christmas Eve in 1989 when the Magic Man, Don Majkowski, was the leader of the Pack. Green Bay, then coached by Linde Infante, won 20-10.

Favre’s past history at Texas Stadium should have no bearing on the youngest team in the NFL. Most of these players were still in grade school when most of those games were played.

The so-called experts are expecting a shootout between Favre and Tony Romo. Dallas is the 2nd highest scoring team in the league averaging 32.5 points per game while the Packers check in 5th at 26.5 points per game.

Green Bay has been rolling on offense in the month of November averaging 33.5 points in their last  four games. The Cowboys aren’t far behind the Pack as they have averaged 32.75 points their past four November games.

Look for Thursday night’s game to be a dominated by the defenses. The Packers give up 16.5 points per game, while the Cowboys give up 20.1. When healthy, the Packers have a far superior defense than the Cowboys.

If this game was being played on a neutral site and both teams were at full strength, I would take Favre and the Packers to roll the Cowboys just like the Patriots did earlier this year.

With several Green Bay players being listed as game time decisions (as of Wednesday morning), I like the Cowboys to win a low scoring affair, 27-17.

Take the Cowboys and give the 6 1/2 points. The over/under is 52 and that should be easy money for people taking the under in this game.

5 Star Pick of the Week (7-3): Dallas (-6 1/2) vs Green Bay.

Overall Record: 60-51-3.

The rest of the weeks games will be posted later this week.