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Stafford: Disappointing so many Lions do Pokemon

With plenty of down time and nowhere to go during training camp, some Detroit Lions are decompressing by chasing "mythical characters" in the hallways of their Allen Park training facility.

Hold your Super Bowl jokes, please.

Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said on the "Mike & Mike" radio show today that the Pokemon Go craze has infiltrated the Lions' locker room and that "a surprising number" of his teammates are playing the augmented-reality game.

"I wish not that many would be -- it’s kind of disappointing, honestly," Stafford said. "I’m walking around, I see guys trying to find Pokemon in the hot tub or the cold tub, or whatever that is.