Welcome back, brave soul. Just two weeks into the season, hope seems to be heading towards an early hibernation.

Before I dive into my musings about the 52-21 implosion in Detroit, I’m channeling my inner Sean Maguire from Good Will Hunting, and whispering a sincere, “It’s not your fault.” Sure, you masochistically choose pain virtually every week, but the state of your favorite team is not your fault.

The fault rests squarely with the braintrust at 1000 Football Drive. Four-year rebuilds aren’t a thing in the NFL. Anyone who categorizes the team that way has just found a polite way to say, “we’re still bad.” And I’m likely being polite as putting a four-year horizon on the state of the beloved’s bad-ness.

Alright, back to the lecture at hand. The intent of this series is to leverage fi

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