Will Detroit's Lousy Lions Go 0-16?

Will the Lion's go 0-16? Well, let's get one very obvious thing out of the way. They are a very lousy team, and unless big changes come, they will not improve, but this looks like a team that's already getting ready for next year signing Daunte Culpepper.

But I'm talking this season, not next season, and it's time to look at the schedule before making any huge predictions or judgments.

The 10-1 Tennessee Titans at the Lions Ford Field

The previously undefeated Titans weren't expected at all as good as they were. In a tough loss to the Jets, the Titans are ready to treat the Lions on national television as if they were stress balls or practice dummies.

The Titans need to win this game to boost their confidence and to get their stars some more face time and it doesn't look like they aren't going to give the loser lions a chance to make any plays after going easy on NY.

But it's not like if the titans won against the New York Jets they would go easy on them. If the Titans were going to let a team spoil their perfection, it's not going to be the winless lions.

If anything, the Lions should be thanking the Jets for misleading some of their players to thinking they have a chance.

Verdict: No Chance of winning

The 6-5 Minnesota Vikings at the Lions Ford Field

For Adrian Peterson, this is a game of improving his stats and redemption. For the Minnesota Vikings, it's a must win to improve. Last time Peterson went against the Lions and he did decently, rushing for 114 yards but didn't score and fumbled twice.

I expect this week to be a lot different. Peterson is scoring and is first among running backs in yardage. The Lions are second to dead last in total offense and dead last in stopping the run. Expect Peterson to run all over the Lions. The Vikings defense isn't that bad either in stopping the run is second in the league.

Verdict: Little to no chance of winning (varies on Peterson's play)

The 7-4 Indianapolis Colts at the Colts Lucas Oil Stadium

The Colts are blue hot once again. Maybe last year, I might have predicted that the Colts go soft on the Lions because Dungy likes to rest his players, but the Colts need to win every game they can.

In the beginning of the season, Manning was unhealthy and Addai did not step up. So the Colts lost four games in a row, so expect the Colts to be going all out on the Detroit lions.

The strength of the Detroit Lions is it's passing games and the true is the same for the Colts, however. If Detroit steps up this week, expect the difference to be in the running game.

This will be the first time this year that the worst running offense went against the worst run stopping defense, but the Colts are fourth in the league in passing and the Lions are 23rd in pass defense.

There is little chance for any team on the Colts schedule to stop their winning streak and the Lions aren't the most likely team.

Verdict: Little to no chance of an upset (depends on Manning and Addai)

The New Orleans Saints at the Lions Ford Field

If any of these teams fell victim of an awful upset and a sad and pathetic scenario of the Lions beating them. It would be the saints. Drew Brees may have an impressive amount of yards but little of his other stats jump out at you.

Many of his yards just come by dumping it out to Reggie Bush, who may not play in this game (very unlikely).

While the saints may have plenty of playmakers and like to throw it all around the field it's not how you win football games in the long run. You've got to have some stability in your offense and neither team has that which is why they aren't full filling their potential.

The field in this matchup is leveled here than any other game and is the game to watch when you consider the little things like home-field advantage and possible injuries.

Verdict: Most likely game for the Lions to win

The Green Bay Packers at the greatest home field advantage ever in the history of the Packers (the only stadium) or all football stadiums or fields...Lambeau Field

In Week 17, the Lions will have no mercy. They will fact a Green Bay Packers team who must win in order to clinch a wild-card spot. Their poor defense must face an Aaron Rodgers with a new contract with his best receiver Greg Jennings.

They will also face an improved run game lead by last year's star Ryan Grant.

The Lions also do not have home field advantage, which is bad enough. It gets even worse when you consider they are playing at Lambeau Field which happens to be the greatest Wisconsin advantage ever. It's also at the end of the season, so it really will be the frozen tundra.

It's playoff weather up in Wisconsin, which is something the Lions will only get one taste of this season.

Verdict: No chance of winning

The Final Verdict

The game to watch at Ford's field against the Saints, but besides that game they basically have no chance of winning any of these games. It really does look like the Lions will enter the record books as the second team to go winless in the regular season, but you never know.

Remember the Dolphins?