2026 Detroit Lions Offseason Thread

[RedRamage]

It's kinda too bad there isn't anything like employer-employee privilege so that the Lions can plan accordingly. Not saying TA is guilty of anything here of course but it'd be nice from a team's perspective to have a player able to be completely and totally honest about any legal issue so the team can figure if they should work to replace him without the player having to worry about that information being compelled in court.

Of course, from a player's perspective they probably wouldn't want to do that anyway. They're not going to want to give the team any reason to think about cutting them early if they are guilty of something.

 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Jason_R]

2 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

If someone told Decker he should or would get paid $20 million after the season he had last year, and if he believed it, that’s pretty short sighted, even  delusional. It’s just as delusional now to be playing the victim.

I get the sense Brad would have brought him back, maybe even on a deal that would have paid him in the neighborhood of $10m with incentives. But Decker, who is now complaining about hardball being played, played hardball himself. 

You hate to see it end this way, but even worse would be letting it end with Decker playing out the final year of a bloated contract as a shell of himself, or on IR. Brad did nothing wrong. 

[RedRamage]

4 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

Honestly I think both sides are being pretty good about it. I don't think either are trying to really air out a bunch of dirty laundry. Of course I don't know everything that Decker said to Reisman, so maybe there's more complaining there.

But just reacting to the quote there: He may have made it clear to the Lions he wasn't interested in a pay cut, but that doesn't mean the Lions necessarily agreed to no pay cut. It may have been as simple as:

Lions: We want you back.
Decker: Okay, but I don't want to take a pay cut.
Lions: Alright, we'll see what we can do. Just let us know when you've made your decision.

Decker thinks: Okay, they see I don't want a pay cut. We're all set.
Lions think: We'll see what his decision is and then where we sit financial and figure out what could work.

[sagnam]

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