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Detroit Lions opener was a gut punch. But here's why you shouldn't panic

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Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett and columnist Shawn Windsor discuss Lions' tie with Cardinals, late timeout call, Sept. 8, 2019 in Arizona. Shawn Windsor and Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press

GLENDALE, Arizona — It can’t be over. Not again. Not so soon. Not on the first Sunday of the season, or a day earlier than the season ended last year, when the Detroit Lions opened on Monday night.

No. Don’t go there. Not yet.

Even though you want to. Even if you need to.