Lions-Packers scheduled for Sunday Night Football

Tim Twentyman

The Detroit Lions have been one of the hottest teams in football down the stretch, and the NFL wants the entire country to take notice.

Detroit's game Sunday against Green Bay has been flexed into the NBC Sunday Night Football slot. The league wants to highlight a monster NFC North matchup at Lambeau Field between the Lions and Packers with the playoffs potentially on the line for both clubs.