This is easy, assuming the Lions lose to New Orleans this week. (Which I don't think is a safe assumption, by the way. I'm expecting the Lions to beat them.) A loss to an 0-15 team, at home, after they haven't won a game in your stadium in a decade and a half, would be a humiliating way to end the season. A loss to the Bears, as much as I don't like it, would be pretty much expected, and I'd rather see the Bears than the Vikings win the division.
The auto bailout will bring good karma to the Lions this weekend against the Saints--or what qualifies as good karma in Michigan, anyway.
"Greg C." wrote:
What an awesomely wicked (in the evil sense :icon_smile: ) question.
What first came to mind was the term, "Hobson's Choice", but it is far more devious than that. This is a truly classic case of "Morton's Fork".
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Morton's Fork +1 to TexasPackerFan for the devilish nature of the question. I am stealing part of Greg C.'s answer to this conundrum. I beseech the Gods of good karma to smile upon us and extricate the Pack and Lions from a dual untenable situation. I remind those Gods of Lovie Smith and his narrowly focused hatred and objectives as regards Green Bay, and further remind him/her that the only thing worse than going 0-16 would be to lose to a team on the last day of the season in order to prevent such an occurrence...this requires a Lions win this weekend, along with the Pack. I am actually willing to surrender a loss to the Lions next week as my personal karmic offerring should the forces of righteousness prevail this weekend, thereby keeping the yin and yang forces balanced and in harmony. (Can you tell that I didn't put an answer to your poll? It is a good joss/bad joss thing, which I also happen to be employing in this particular situation :icon_smile: )
This speech keeps making me nervous if it comes down to the last game:
Rod Marinelli to team: 'We're not going 0-16'
Lions coach brings up the possibility for first time
BY NICHOLAS J. COTSONIKA FREE PRESS SPORTS WRITER December 2, 2008
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When the Lions assembled for a meeting Monday, coach Rod Marinelli put the team picture on the big screen. His message: They do not want that photo on exhibit at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, to represent the NFL's first 0-16 team.
"Nobody wants to be 0-16," running back Aveion Cason said. "Nobody wants to be a part of history, man. You don't want to go to Canton that way."