Sometimes it’s your quarterback, sometimes it’s your All-Pro running back, sometimes it’s your sack specialist, and once in a while, when you really need it, it’s your punt returner, the guy you take for granted on all those fair catches and balls over his head and 3-yard dives into a pile of bodies.

Until you really need him.

And then he’s your life raft. More Albom: Mitch Albom: Detroit Lions prove they are ready for prime time with win at Baltimore

Here was a game mired in the mud, the Super Bowl-hopeful Detroit Lions hosting the ever-struggling Cleveland Browns , and in the fourth quarter it was still too close for comfort, just a 20-10 lead, and the Lions had thrown an interception and dropped long passes and drawn too many penalties and lost some key guys to injuries. Look

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