‘This is about the long haul’: Inside Detroit’s tough call to rest starting LT

ALLEN PARK -- Taylor Decker has played through the pain for the good of the team more than a handful of times during his career.

The Detroit Lions starting left tackle underwent shoulder surgery during this past offseason. He was back in action for training camp after missing a couple of weeks. But after playing in the opener, Decker was back on the injury report. He played in three straight games despite practicing only once in that span. But the wear and tear caught up, and Lions coach Dan Campbell said the shoulder was coming back a little worse each passing week .

MLive’s Dungeon of Doom podcast talked about Decker’s injury and Giovanni Manu’s first start in the latest postgame episode. Hosts Ben Raven and Kory Woods touched on a little bit of everything from the 37-24 win over the