The Detroit Lions and Carolina Panthers play on Saturday in Week 16, which already requires some adjustment from the normal Sunday game schedule. Essentially, the typical Tuesday-off day was eliminated and each of the practice days were pushed up on the calendar, with Thursday representing the day they need to declare their injury designations.
Now, as a winter storm is headed toward the metro-Detroit area, the Lions are also forced to alter their travel plans for this weekend’s game. Instead of making the trip one day in advance (as is typical), the Lions plan to get ahead of the storm and will now be leaving Detroit on Thursday afternoon.