The Detroit Lions prove why they are the best team in the NFL.

In 2024, the Detroit Lions have proven time and time again that they can beat anyone.

Whether indoors or outdoors, they always found a way to withstand the elements and overcome all the adversities they had to face.

And after nine weeks (and Sunday’s win over Green Bay), it’s hard to say there’s a better NFL team right now than Dan Campbell’s Lions leading the NFC North.

They found a way to win both home and away all season, no matter how hostile the environment. There may be no better example of this than Detroit’s matchup with the Packers at Lambeau Field on Sunday.

Everyone, including their mother, knew it would be difficult for Campbell and company to travel to Green Bay—playing outdoors for the first time this season—and come out on top. To make matters worse, conditions were to be less than optimal, with the forecast calling for steady rain. And oh my god, Mother Nature rained one hell of a lot of rain on us.

The rain continued unabated for four quarters, leaving the Lambeau Field surface wet and slippery, making it difficult for Lions and Packers players to see. Just ask Detroit defensive coordinator Aaron Glenn, whose rain-soaked glasses became a popular topic of conversation and a viral image on “X” Sunday.

Those less-than-ideal conditions should have been favorable for the Packers, who call Lambeau Field, also known as the Frozen Tundra, home. On Sunday, however, it was the other way around: Detroit looked like the home team and Green Bay looked like the home team. a team that played most of its games indoors.

The Lions certainly played a cleaner game. They failed to turn the ball over even once, and signal-caller Jared Goff had another ultra-effective play. He completed his first 11 passes and finished 18 of 22 for 145 yards and a touchdown. And for his efforts, he earned a QBR of 88.9.

Meanwhile, Green Bay turned the ball over once and Jordan Love didn’t have much success through the air. The second-year starting QB had a sloppy performance. Late in the second quarter, he threw an interception that resulted in a Kerby Joseph touchdown. Plus he fumbled three times and was just lucky that all three fumbles were recovered and didn’t result in turnovers.

Overall, Love had a bad day, completing less than 60 percent of his passes (23 of 39 passes) for 273 yards and no touchdowns.

By the end of Detroit’s 24-14 win, one team clearly looked like the dome team—and it wasn’t Campbell’s Lions.

“Every time you play these games, once a year you get something like this. In Green Bay, in Lambeau,” Goff told Fox Sports’ Erin Andrews after the game. “We have to be the dome team. We came here and had to be a team that couldn’t play outside. And we come here and win.”

Detroit’s offensive attack on Sunday was also boosted by strong performances from the duo of Jameer Gibbs and David Montgomery. The tandem totaled 138 yards and a touchdown on 28 carries, averaging 4.9 yards per carry. Montgomery led the way on the ground with 73 yards, while Gibbs was the duo’s only player with a 15-yard touchdown in the third quarter.

For the game, Gibbs gained 65 yards on 11 carries, averaging 5.9 yards per carry. Thanks to those efforts, the sophomore is now averaging an NFL-record five or more yards per rushing attempt in seven straight games (with a minimum of 10 rushing attempts per game).

Detroit offensive coordinator Ben Johnson’s unit withstood the conditions and produced an impressive effort. And the key to it all was that Goff and Co. played turnover-free football.

“It was huge,” Campbell said after the game about Detroit not committing a single turnover. “We knew that when we came here. We talked about a lot of things: dominance in the game, explosives, as crazy as it may sound in this weather. But, who could come up with more explosiveness, field position and turnover rate. The point is that we took care of football. We’ve been preaching this all week. We got through it. Wet ball training every day in outdoor training. Our guys really did a great job. Goff cared a lot about football, and that made the difference. It was a big difference.”

Goff has now completed at least 80 percent of his passes in three straight games (minimum 15 attempts), the first player to do so in a single season. Additionally, he posted the highest completion percentage (82.8 percent) and highest passer rating (140.1) of any quarterback through six games in NFL history.

There is no question that Goff is playing some of the best football he has ever played as an NFL quarterback.

“As you get older, you just learn when to take risks and when not to,” the veteran passer told reporters after the game. “I know I’ve said this before, but I feel like I’m playing pretty disciplined. We’re trying to take care of the ball and get it into the hands of our playmakers. There’s a couple I’d like to bring back today where I think I could open Kalief (Raymond), but I wouldn’t go back to him as the No. 2 pick in the progression. I may have opened (Amon-Ra) St. Brown in third place, but I didn’t give it to him. It will still force me to get better, but right now I’m taking pretty good care of the ball. And I’ll try to continue to do that.”

Rain or shine, indoors or outdoors, these Detroit Lions are built to win. Period.

They don’t care who they play with or where they play them. They have only one thing on their mind: victory.

“There are things, there is tape, there are things that we urgently need to remove across the board, and we will do it. But I know one thing: I’m not one bit shocked that we came here and played some pretty good football in the elements,” Campbell said. “We’re built for this, man, and 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. Play in the dirt. It’s just us and we’re built to win, man.”

Detroit isn’t just built to win games in the first nine weeks of the season. He’s also built to win on the NFL’s biggest stage.

With their head coach’s relentless mentality, a powerful offense and a capable defense, the Lions are good enough to make history and represent the NFC in the Super Bowl for the first time in franchise history. And if they continue at the pace they are currently at, they will definitely do just that.

Clearly, this is the best team the NFC has to offer. And now I’m not afraid to say that I would also call Detroit the best team in the NFL.