Each year, English football's domestic cup competition offers a quiet reminder that the pyramid matters — that clubs from the lower leagues carry genuine stakes into a draw that, on Monday evening, will welcome eight Premier League sides into the fold. At 7:20pm BST, during a Devon derby between Plymouth and Exeter on Sky Sports, the Carabao Cup second-round draw will mark the moment the competition transforms from an EFL affair into something larger. Chelsea, seeking silverware under a new manager, and Tottenham, still steadying themselves after a near-relegation, are among those entering — e