Dec 8th 2008 5:30PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Colts, Lions, Saints, NFC North, NFL Fans, NFL CoachingDesperate times, I guess. The Lions are staring 0-16 right in the face, and with three weeks left in the season, there really doesn’t seem to be any way out of it. They came close against the Vikings yesterday, but they have to travel to Indy this week, then host the Saints, before closing out this fiasco in Green Bay.

After a slow start, the Colts have won six in a row and barring an implosion, are virtually guaranteed a wild-card spot. Which is why NFL.com’s Adam Schefter mentions the unmentionable: Detroit should forfeit against Indianapolis.

You know, like they’re a rec league kickball team or something. But Schefter doesn’t make this suggestion willy-nilly, he actually has a plan (Rod Marinelli asks: “What’s a plan?”):Continue Reading