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[Mongo3451]

9 minutes ago, AZ54 said:

Yeah we don’t need 18mil for 5 sacks.  I’d Decker wants and can get $25mil I’m out on him too. I also don’t trust the NFL rumor mill because media people are very simple minded and assume because he was making. 21 with Detroit and refused to negotiate that automatically means he wants more.  We simply don’t know.  He might just want a Super Bowl ring.  

If he just wants a Superbowl ring, he must not believe in his current coach or teammates.  I have a hard time digesting that.  To cut bait after year one of losing your coordinator sounds weak as hell to me.

[AZ54]

1 hour ago, Mongo3451 said:

If he just wants a Superbowl ring, he must not believe in his current coach or teammates.  I have a hard time digesting that.  To cut bait after year one of losing your coordinator sounds weak as hell to me.

That’s because it was weak.  The new OC was demoted and removed from play calling which was taken over by the HC.   I’m not the best at sorting out offensive play calling but there were a couple Detroit games where I couldn’t figure out what Campbell was trying to do on offense.  Reminded me of Nagy where he was just calling something for the sake of calling it not because of anything he saw from the D that would give the play a chance to succeed.   There is still a lot of talent there on offense and a good NFL QB is going to keep things “productive”.     Since I don’t follow them closely I scanned some stats from last year and they fell back to middle of the pack in rushing while we improved to top 5.  Passing they were still top 5.   

Regardless of where he ends up, Decker leaving them at least puts them in a similar spot we ended up in with Dalman retiring but at a more critical position.  They will likely use their first pick on a LT.  

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2026/03/06/detroit-lions-injury-analysis-taylor-decker/88896657007/

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2026/03/05/detroit-lions-jedrick-wills-free-agency-visit/89005932007/

[ASHKUM BEAR]

1 hour ago, AZ54 said:

That’s because it was weak.  The new OC was demoted and removed from play calling which was taken over by the HC.   I’m not the best at sorting out offensive play calling but there were a couple Detroit games where I couldn’t figure out what Campbell was trying to do on offense.  Reminded me of Nagy where he was just calling something for the sake of calling it not because of anything he saw from the D that would give the play a chance to succeed.   There is still a lot of talent there on offense and a good NFL QB is going to keep things “productive”.     Since I don’t follow them closely I scanned some stats from last year and they fell back to middle of the pack in rushing while we improved to top 5.  Passing they were still top 5.   

Regardless of where he ends up, Decker leaving them at least puts them in a similar spot we ended up in with Dalman retiring but at a more critical position.  They will likely use their first pick on a LT.  

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2026/03/06/detroit-lions-injury-analysis-taylor-decker/88896657007/

https://lionswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2026/03/05/detroit-lions-jedrick-wills-free-agency-visit/89005932007/

I think with all the oline retiring too it makes it hard to stay. Over the last 2 years they lost 3 out of 4, does he want to be the last man standing.