The Packers have lost once (the Bears beat ‘em I think) and the Lions, well, they’d better come through, because Mariucci got fired a couple years ago for losing on Thanksgiving Day. It took Millen and Ford until the following Monday to fire Mooch, because Millen and Ford are both unfit for the roles they play.
The only way the Lions can wind up 10-6 (which would be decent) is to win four more games, out of the six which remain, and they have to play the Packers twice (including tomorrow), as well as the Cowboys, (Vikings), Chargers, and Chiefs. If they don’t at least split with the Packers, I don’t like their chances of making 9-7, much less 10-8.
If the Lions wind up with a winning record, great. If they do, I’d guess that they’ll beat the Vikings and Chargers.
If the Lions beat the Packers JUST ONCE this season I’ll be overjoyed. It sez here that the Lions beat ‘em on Thanksgiving in 2003:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071121/SPORTS01/311210034
It also sez there that the Lions will lose tomorrow. I cheddar to think that’s true.
Bounties?
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hOjIjDtGtbdOPhch-5cv4Z_pAmUg
Lions’ 2007 season:
http://www.detroitlions.com/section_display.cfm?section_id=51&top=1&level=3
They’re 6-5 now.
Vikings, Cowboys, Chargers, Chiefs, and Packers remain on the schedule, and three of those are road games. The Lions have to beat the Vikings on the 2nd in order to remain credible for a breakeven season, much less a winning one. To break even, they need two more wins, and three to end 9-7.
They’ll need to beat the Vikings and Chiefs; the Chargers are only 5-5, maybe there’s a shot there. The Cowboys and Packers just happen to be 10-1 at this time. There’s an outside chance that the Lions will beat the Packers. I doubt that 9-7 will be good enough for wild card. The Giants (7-4) are likely in there, even though the Vikings beat them, as any tie will favor the Giants (Detroit lost to ‘em).
The Giants’ schedule finishes with the Bears, Eagles (division), Redskins (division), Bills, and Patriots. Getting two wins to tie a possible 9-7 Lions doesn’t look too daunting.