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Mitch Albom: Ex-Detroit Lions in playoffs gives us heartburn

With Arizona, Tampa Bay and reportedly Green Bay finding head coaches, there's one commonality: NFL teams are looking for someone to help their QBs. USA TODAY Sports

I think the tipping point came last week, near the end of the NBC broadcast of the Bears-Eagles game, when Golden Tate caught a touchdown to propel Philadelphia into the second round of the playoffs.

“The trade…was officially…worth it!” exclaimed Cris Collinsworth.

Yeah. Thanks.

Collinsworth had jabbed another dagger into the heart of a serious Detroit Lions affliction, something this year we call “Ebronitis.” In previous years it’s been called other things: “Avrilitis,” or even “Belichickitis.