Agreed. That was a tough road to the SB. Had we won that ? Then have to beat Seattle again. And then the Pats. Would have liked to seen that though. That team was designed to hold the ball and pound other teams till they broke
Your recollection is incorrect for the 2016 postseason for the NFC.
Dallas and Atlanta had the byes. The wildcard round was Detroit @ Seattle and New York @ Green Bay.
SEA & GB won to advance to the divisional round.
Seahawks went south to play the Falcons, Packers went south to play the Cowboys.
Atlanta handled Seattle to make it to the conference chanmpionship game.
Falcons were the #2 seed and the Cowboys were the #1 seed.
If the Cowboys would have beaten the Packers, Dallas would have hosted Atlanta for the conference championship.
However - the Cowboys lost. The next weekend Green Bay went to Atlanta for the NFCCG - and the Packers were curbed-stomped by the Falcons.