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Lions Rule Out Three Players, Including LT Taylor Decker

Originally posted on NFLTradeRumors.co
By Wyatt Grindley | Last updated Oct 11, 2025 2:53 PM ET

The Lions announced on social media that they will be without LT Taylor Decker, DB Avonte Maddox, and OL Giovanni Manu for Week 6.

Lions game status update:

Lions T Taylor Decker (shoulder) has been downgraded to out.

Lions DB Avonte Maddox (hamstring) has been downgraded to out.

Lions OL Giovanni Manu (knee) has been downgraded to out.

— Detroit Lions (@Lions) October 11, 2025

Decker, 32, is a former first-round pick of the Lions back in 2016. He was in the final year of a four-year, $10.967 million contract when the Lions picked up his fifth-year option.

Decker was set to make a base salary of $10,350,000 for the 2020 season and was in line to be an unrestricted free agent in 2021 before the Lions signed him to a six-year, $85 million deal.

Detroit re-signed Decker once again in July of 2024, when the two sides agreed on a three-year, $60 million extension.

In 2025, Decker has appeared in and started four games for the Lions at left tackle.

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