Yes, the elements were unpleasant on Sunday for the Green Bay Packers’ game against the Detroit Lions. Yes, they made the football hard to catch, hard to snap, hard to kick.
But the Packers are a professional football team, and they are paid to perform in whatever conditions they face. And while they were tripping all over themselves on Sunday afternoon, the Detroit Lions — a team that plays in a dome and will only be outdoors three times during the 2024 regular season — handled the sloppy weather just fine.
Detroit moved the ball when they needed to, and they pounced on the Packers’ mistakes, of which there were many.