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GREEN BAY — The crisis in the seats has been averted.

Green Bay Packers fans, as always, will fill Lambeau Field despite the bitter cold predicted for Sunday’s NFC wild card playoff game with the San Francisco 49ers.

That means the crisis has shifted to the playing field, where the Packers will try to avoid losing to the defending NFC champions for the fourth time in 16 months.

The anticipated sub-zero temperatures and Arctic Circle wind chills have been the topic of discussion all week while the Packers — like two of the other three NFL teams hosting playoff games — scrambled to sell tickets, but the truth is the conditions will affect the game far more than the attendance.

That’s why the up-and-down Packers probably should be favored to beat the talent-rich 49ers today, though by the slimmest of margins.

Like, say, an inch.

Yes, an inch, which is the difference between the hand size of the quarterbacks — Green Bay’s Aaron Rodgers and San Francisco’s Colin Kaepernick — as measured at the NFL scouting combine when they entered the draft. Rodgers’ hands (101/8 inches) are large for a quarterback; Kaepernick’s hands (91/8) were the smallest among the 18 quarterbacks at the 2011 combine.