Matthew Stafford

The Detroit Lions played at Lambeau under the lights just two years ago.

(AP File Photo)

CHICAGO -- The Detroit Lions have attempted to bill themselves as an indoor team with an outdoor mentality. By winning their first game where the kickoff temperature was below 40 degrees in nearly two decades, edging the Bears in Chicago on Sunday 20-14, the team took the first step toward adding credibility to the mantra.

But with the possibility of next Sunday's game in Green Bay being flexed to the primetime slot, several Lions players are pulling for the league to leave the NFC North-deciding contest at its currently scheduled 1 p.m. time slot.

"I don't think anybody wants that game to be flexed," wide receiver Calvin Johnson said. "For the main reason we're playing in Green Bay, at nighttime."

Johnson said it has nothing to do with the mystique of playing in Green Bay under the lights, but more to do with the falling temperatures once the sun goes down.

Teammate Reggie Bush agreed.

"I don't want it to be a late-night, freezing-cold game," Bush said. "It's going to be a tough game either way, but a night game would be even colder."

Seven days out, the current forecast calls for a high of 22 and a low of seven degrees, with windchill likely making it feel like it's below zero.

But not every Lions player is afraid of the cold. In fact, some welcome it given the opportunity to play for a national audience.

"Yeah, I like everybody watching our game," guard Rob Sims said. "I like attention. I think it's shaping up to be one of those games that people talk about for years to come. I'm proud to play in it."

Others don't care either way. It's not the time of the game that matters, it's what's on the line.

"I don't care what time it is," center Dominic Raiola said. "It's for the North, that's all we can ask for."

The winner of the game between the Lions and Packers will not only win the NFC North, but will gain a bye in the first round of the playoffs.

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