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Mitch Albom: Detroit Lions flicked more than fleas off their back Sunday

Lions beat Giants, but Detroit needs help at running back & will be buyers at Tuesday's trade deadline. Who can they target? Filmed Oct. 27, 2019. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press

It’s a play you draw up in the dirt as kids. You go out, I’ll throw it to you, you throw it back, and I’ll throw it to someone else. Over the years it has acquired various names, the most popular being the flea flicker, coined by a high school coach a century ago, because it reminded him of the quick action a dog uses flicking fleas off its back.