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Mitch Albom: Detroit Lions want respect but aren't earning it

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Free Press sports writers Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez break down the Lions' 38-24 win over the Browns on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017, at Ford Field.

I’m going to begin this column the way the Detroit Lions began their game against the Browns.

Wake me up in 20 minutes.

The Lions were as ready for Sunday as Warren Beatty was for last year’s Best Picture announcement. If their fingers were drenched in butter and grease, they couldn’t have flubbed this opening more.

Go three-and-out. Surrender a field goal.