A first-round pick out of Ohio State in the 2016 NFL Draft, Taylor Decker has seen it all over eight seasons as the Detroit Lions’ left tackle. A playoff game as a rookie, then a full bottoming-out during Matt Patricia’s reign of ineptitude and now the rise to the NFC Championship Game last season.
Entering the final year of his contract, as obviously the longest-tenured player on the team, Decker made it clear what his future plans are before the offseason really started.
“I definitely want to end my career here,” Decker told MLive. “I would say ultimately, for me, this is where I want to be. Of course you want money, but for me, I like being here. I love being here. I was able to be a part of climbing out of the trenches of it, and it’s been fun the past year-and-a-half to see the flip side of it. Whatever happens with the contract, I don’t know….. But ultimately, do I want to be here forever? One-hundred percent. So, we’ll see.”
Decker does not yet have a new contract, but it seems certain it will happen. Leaving that aside, Decker recently reflected on his career journey with ESPN’s Eric Woodyard.
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