Many have labelled the Detroit Lions as “a dome team” who were only dominating the NFL in scoring because they played at Ford Field. And in Week 9, facing their division opponents on a windy, rainy November day on the sloppy grass at Lambeau Field, the Lions were undoubtedly expected to be at a big disadvantage against the Green Bay Packers.
The Packers got the ball first, chewed up eight minutes of clock, and while they didn’t score a touchdown, a field goal was worth the effort in a game that was destined to be low-scoring. The Lions received the ball next and scored the next 24 points, firmly controlling the game, the NFC North, and the whole NFC.
“It was a fun game,” Lions quarterback Jared Goff said in a postgame interview with FOX’s Erin Andrews. “Whenever you participate in these games—once a year, you get one like this. In Green Bay, in Lambeau Field. We are meant to be the dome team. We came in here as the squad that couldn’t play outside, and we won.”
The Lions demonstrated once again why they are the most complete team in the NFL, and they can beat you in any way they want. Whether it’s trading blows in the run game, throwing the ball in a high-scoring shootout, holding a track meet under a dome, or sweating it out in the weather, the Lions are prepared for anything.
“I’m not surprised that we came out here and played well despite the elements. “We’re built for this,” Lions coach Dan Campbell stated during his postgame press conference. “It doesn’t matter that we play indoors; we can play anyplace. We can play in the snow, rain, and mud—it’s just us.
“We are built to win.” While the Lions’ dominance in victory may have surprised those who thought they were just a dome team, those of us in Detroit have known for a long time what this squad is capable of. In 2022, on HBO’s Hard Knocks, Campbell dropped this beauty on us:
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