The Tigers have dropped nine of their past 13 games after a series loss to the last-place White Sox and the Lions just staged a disasterclass in their season-opening loss at Green Bay.

Is Detroit’s year of Great Expectations headed to the Bleak House?

Or are its championship dreams still legit?

With reports of hand wringing and all-caps texting on the rise in Motown, what’s real and what’s not? We’re here to help fans calibrate their panic level, on a scale of 1 (“Did I leave the garage open?”) to 10 (“Wait, did I leave the gas can on the stovetop?”).

Yogi Berra famously said: “It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future"

But we’re taking our shot.

Here goes …

● Lions: Detroit might have looked overmatched in its season-opening 27-13 loss at Green Bay, but at least f

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