The Lions played their first seven games indoors this season and their 6-1 record showed they could handle controlled conditions well, but there were questions about how they would fare outdoors in unpleasant weather before Sunday’s game in Green Bay .
It turned out to be no problem for the leaders of NFC North. After giving up an early field goal, the Lions scored 24 straight points en route to a 24–13 win with 124 rushing yards, no turnovers on offense and an interception return for a touchdown by safety Kerby Joseph.
When the game was over, head coach Dan Campbell said the win illustrated how the Lions are built to win in any environment.
“I am not a little shocked that we came here and played some pretty good football in the weather conditions,” Campbell said at his press conference. “We were built for this, man. It doesn’t matter just because we’re playing indoors. It doesn’t matter. We can play anywhere. We can play in the snow, we can play in the rain, we can play in the mud. That’s just us. We’re built to win, man.”
The Lions have two more outdoor games in the regular season, but those won’t come until Weeks 16 and 17. If they continue to play as well as they did in their first eight games, they may have the NFC in their hands at that point, which would ensure that every postseason photo they take in pursuit of the franchise’s first Super Bowl takes place indoors.
