Marinelli To Lions: 'We're Not Going 0-16'
2nd December, 2008 - 5:04 pm
Detroit Free Press - Lions coach Rod Marinelli mentioned a winless season for the first time on Monday, telling his team that they wouldn't go 0-16 this year.

"Where we're at right now, we need a win," Marinelli said. "I think they feel that urgency to go out and win. ... Each loss is a stake in your heart."

Marinelli tried to motivate his players to avoid reaching the Pro Football Hall of Fame by going 0-16.

"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.

"He said, 'We're not going 0-16,' " Cason added. "We're not going 0-16, man." [READ]

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