Sometimes when you win, you really lose, and sometimes when you lose, you really win, and sometimes when you win or lose, you actually tie, and sometimes when you tie, you actually win or lose. Winning or losing is all one organic mechanism, from which one extracts what one needs.
-Gloria Clemente, White Men Can’t Jump
After Greg Joseph’s 54-yard field goal attempt sailed through the uprights at U.S. Bank Stadium yesterday afternoon, the scoreboard showed that the Minnesota Vikings had defeated the Detroit Lions by a score of 19-17.