DETROIT — For his second game as the interim head coach, Mike Kafka will again not have Jaxson Dart as his starting quarterback .

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For game No. 2 since taking over for fired Brian Daboll , Kafka will indeed have Shane Bowen as his defensive coordinator.

If there was ever a time to wheel out the “it is what it is” line, this is it.

With Dart, at least Kafka had a fighting chance to continue to advance the progress of the rookie quarterback down the stretch of another lost season.

Without him, Kafka for the second consecutive week must rely on veteran Jameis Winston to run the offense Kafka called with Daboll and now without hi

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