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The Detroit Lions Crisis: When is it safe to hope? Week 2?

“These are the times that try men’s souls.” When Thomas Paine penned that introduction to “The Crisis,” he discussed the hardships endured by underequipped American colonists as they pursued their freedom from England.

Detroit Lions fans, to a symbolic and much lesser extent, have endured decades, like this past Monday night, of hardship, watching what has often been a hopeless situation. What do we do as fans with the harsh start?

The Revolution blueprint won’t work here, so what are we going to do after one of the worst home opener games in Lions history?