Jared Goff and Dan Campbell have a strong message for those who think the Lions are a ‘dome’ team.
Many have labeled the Detroit Lions “a dome team” that was only leading the NFL in scoring because they played in the comfy confines of Ford Field. And in Week 9, playing against their division rivals on a windy, rainy November day on the sloshy grass of Lambeau Field, the Lions were surely thought to be at a significant disadvantage against the Green Bay Packers.
The Packers took the ball first, chewed up eight minutes of the clock, and while they couldn’t score a touchdown, getting a field goal was worth the hard work in a game that was sure to lack points.
The Lions got the ball next and scored the next 24 points, taking firm control of the game, the NFC North, and the NFC as a whole.
“It was a fun game,” Lions quarterback Jared Goff said in a post-game interview with FOX’s Erin Andrews. “Whenever you get in these games—once a year, you kind of get one like this. In Green Bay, in Lambeau. We’re supposed to be the dome team. We come in here and were supposed to be the team that can’t play outside, and we come in here and win.”
“We’re supposed to be the ‘dome’ team, we’re supposed to be the team that can’t play outside, and we come out here and win.” @Lions QB @JaredGoff16 joins @ErinAndrews after Detroit’s win in Green Bay! pic.twitter.com/BZ9A6vMeRS
— FOX Sports: NFL (@NFLonFOX) November 4, 2024
The Lions showed once again why they are the most complete team in the NFL, and they can beat you any way they choose. Whether it’s trading blows in the run game, throwing the ball in a high-scoring shootout, having a track meet inside a dome, or grinding it out in the elements, the Lions have answers for it all.
“I’m not shocked one bit that we came out here and played pretty good football out in the elements. We’re built for this,” Lions coach Dan Campbell said in his post-game press conference. “And just because we play indoors, it doesn’t matter, we can play anywhere. We can play in the snow, in the rain, in the mud—that’s just us. We’re built to win.”
While the Lions dominating in victory may have come as a surprise to those believing them to only be a dome team, those of us in Detroit have known for some time what this team is capable of. It wasn’t that long ago on HBO’s Hard Knocks in 2022, when Campbell dropped this beauty on us:
“We’ll play you anywhere. We’ll play you on grass, we’ll play you on turf, we’ll go to an (explicative) landfill. It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter if you have one ass cheek and three toes, I’ll beat your ass.”
The poet has been telling us all along.
