I don’t know if the Lions winning was meaningless or not, if we’re being perfectly honest.
All of this—sports especially, to say nothing about the existence of man against the cosmic white noise—is perfectly meaningless if you get down to it, with the only real value attached is entertainment and the emotional links self-imposed upon such. It may have importance to individuals, but that doesn’t ascribe it meaning.
But the win was fun, regardless, and I think that matters a lot more than whether or not you thought the win meant anything.
All that said, what this win didn’t do was kill the Lions’ shot for a good draft pick.