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Oh Damn Decker injured his shoulder bad

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At least we got new uniforms this year.
 

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Can Asiata play LT?:tsk:
 

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Listening to Cooter answering questions the other day, and reading between the lines, I don't think he thinks Dahl is the answer.

Other than losing Stafford himself (and still not having Suh), its the biggest loss we could have suffered.
 

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Other than losing Stafford himself (and still not having Suh), its the biggest loss we could have suffered.

Losing Slay would be up there too.

Ryan Clady is still available. Could sign him for a year and then dump him. Would have to be an injury clause in there too though.
 

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Were fine if we are ok with missing the playoffs and putting Stafford's career at risk for 16 games.

Nah. Everything will work out for the best.
 

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In 2015, Donta Hightower and Derwin Gray (OT, U Maryland) both had off-season surgeries to repair shoulder labrums.

Hightower had his surgery on February 10, and was cleared for full contact on August 19. He had been playing with the injury through the super bowl.

Gray had his surgery on April 10, and was cleared for full contact on September 10. He got injured during the off-season.


Hopefully the fact that Decker's tear happened in the off-season will be helpful to a sooner-than-later recovery. Most labrum tears occurring during the season are played through, making it worse.
 

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Other than losing Stafford himself (and still not having Suh), its the biggest loss we could have suffered.
Yep.

But the silver lining is...

Staff has always been good with slant routes. Linehan knew this. Cooter does too. 70% completion percentage this year. Marvin Jones is fucked though.
 

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Nah. Everything will work out for the best.

Not too many teams lose their starting LT and don't see a fall off. Especially wild card teams.
 

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Taylor Decker - T - Lions
Lions coach Jim Caldwell doesn't expect LT Taylor Decker (shoulder) to miss the entire season.

Decker has a 4-6 month timetable from his surgery. He’s likely to be placed on reserve/PUP, making his earliest return sometime after Detroit’s Week 7 bye. The Lions signed veteran OT Tony Hills but plan to stay in-house to replace Decker. Joe Dahl has been getting Decker’s OTA reps.

Would be nice, but I'm not buying it.
 

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This news almost made me miss Jeff Backus.... Almost.
 

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Taylor Decker - T - Lions
Lions coach Jim Caldwell doesn't expect LT Taylor Decker (shoulder) to miss the entire season.

Decker has a 4-6 month timetable from his surgery. He’s likely to be placed on reserve/PUP, making his earliest return sometime after Detroit’s Week 7 bye. The Lions signed veteran OT Tony Hills but plan to stay in-house to replace Decker. Joe Dahl has been getting Decker’s OTA reps.

Would be nice, but I'm not buying it.

Depends how bad it is. Some Labrum tears dont even require surgery. Others can take 9 months or more but that is usually in people over 40. I bet he is back around T-day.
 

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Depends how bad it is. Some Labrum tears dont even require surgery. Others can take 9 months or more but that is usually in people over 40. I bet he is back around T-day.

He had surgery already. I tore mine in college. Granted, I had zero rehab (did it on my own) and it took a year to heal. Zero problems since tho, and that was about 20 years ago.
 

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He had surgery already. I tore mine in college. Granted, I had zero rehab (did it on my own) and it took a year to heal. Zero problems since tho, and that was about 20 years ago.

I know. It still does not tell exactly how serious it is. 4-6 months might probably aggressive, but with the rehab knowledge and other stuff they have these days it would not surprise me to see him back before the end of the year. The shoulder is the most complicated joint and can vary greatly in recovery times from 1 person to another.
 

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Look at the big picture, and it won't seem so bad.

Even with Decker's excellent play last year, the offense really didn't do much. I believe even with his absence, it isn't likely the offense will score fewer points per game. I believe it should increase in spite of the injury. If it doesn't, my patience with Cooter will be wearing very thin. Just being better than Lombardi doesn't cut it.

On the other hand, the defense should be much better, even with rookies starting. Austin seems to know what to do with talent. I'm expecting more takeaways.
 

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When you put it like that, another top 10 draft pick does sound OK.

The days of the Lions picking in the top 16 are over. At least until we screw someone out of their 1st round pick with one of our young QBs.
 
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