All is not lost regarding a bye

everything that was true heading into tonight's game is still true heading into week 17

Saints win + EITHER a 49ers loss OR a Packers loss gives the Saints a 1st round bye

Saints win + BOTH a 49ers loss AND a Packers loss gives the Saints HFA

the only difference is we have much less faith in the Lions winning than the Vikings

Agreed but silver lining they can’t do much worse than those scrubs tonight. (Lions)
They almost beat the Pack earlier in the year, granted they were much less banged then.