![]() ![]() I’m like, 'I’m playing in the NFL, it’s OK'. "Having to sit down and have a conversation with my dad that it’ll be OK if something were like that to happen, even though it’s not going to," Decker said. MORE BIRKETT: New Lions WR Josh Reynolds excited for fresh start in Detroit SEIDEL: Even a tie is progress for the Lions, especially with a functional running game The Lions, initially, were noncommittal about where Decker would play upon his return, and Decker said his parents, friends and neighbors asked him about talk radio speculation he could be traded as part of the organization's rebuild.ĭecker, 28, is in the first year of a four-year, $60 million contract extension he signed last summer. Sewell played well enough early in the season that 49ers pass rusher Nick Bosa and NFL Network analyst Joe Thomas, a future Hall of Fame lineman, among others, suggested the Lions should keep Sewell at left tackle and move Decker to the right side when he returned. "And everybody’s banged up, but when it’s a legitimate injury and I’m told the timeline by the surgeon, I’m going to go with that timeline by the surgeon because they’re an expert at that, and a specialist at that, and that’s what they do."ĭecker was expected to lead what the Lions hoped would be one of the NFL's premier offensive lines entering the season, but his injury prompted the Lions to move Sewell, a 2021 first-rounder, from right to left tackle. You can’t have things that are bothering you to play NFL football. And even yesterday, my hand’s not at 100% yet but it’s tough. "So, yeah, having your hand’s really important and if you have one finger that’s not functional and if you have to cast it with a second one, and then you only have a ring finger and a pinky to grab people that are 275 pounds that run a 4.6, that’s hard to do. “They told me three months and I’m playing in two months," Decker said. "And I did everything I could to try and be back out on the field and frankly, it was also insulting that people acted like I just didn’t want to play and wanted to be out for the entire season. He had five screws and a plate put in his hand during September surgery, and after trying unsuccessfully to return in mid-October - two months ahead of his doctor's three-month timeline for recovery - made his debut in Sunday's 16-16 tie with the Pittsburgh Steelers. 8, four days before the Lions' season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers, that he said "rotated and shortened." Pittsburgh Steelersĭecker suffered a spiral fracture in his left index finger in practice Sept. 'GIVES US THE BEST CHANCE': Lions' Dan Campbell sticks with Jared GoffįOR SUBSCRIBERS: Lions' grades in 16-16 tie vs. I’ve played a lot of football here and I think I’ve played well. But yeah, the media pretty much all year has been pretty negative around me, so I’m not going to act like I like that. I do feel like people within the building and I do feel like a lot of fans appreciate me and what I can do for this team. "Frankly, I feel like the narrative of negativity surrounding my name all year, pretty much, has been bullshit," Decker said. ![]()
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