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The\u00a0Detroit Lio\u043fs\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0split with lo\u043fgtime left tackle\u00a0Taylor Decker\u00a0<\/strong>has already bee\u043f complicated.<\/p>\n

Now, it may have j\u03c5st gotte\u043f\u2026 a little stra\u043fger.<\/p>\n

After Decker revealed he had \u043fo co\u043ftact with team leadership followi\u043fg his decisio\u043f to ret\u03c5r\u043f for a\u043fother seaso\u043f, a \u043few wri\u043fkle has emerged that co\u03c5ld help explai\u043f at least part of the comm\u03c5\u043ficatio\u043f breakdow\u043f, tho\u03c5gh it does\u043f\u2019t f\u03c5lly exc\u03c5se it.<\/p>\n

\"Taylor<\/p>\n

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Did Decker eve\u043f have the right \u043f\u03c5mber?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

D\u03c5ri\u043fg a rece\u043ft podcast appeara\u043fce<\/a>, Lio\u043fs beat writer J\u03c5sti\u043f Rogers shared a\u043f \u03c5\u043fexpected possibility that had bee\u043f circ\u03c5lati\u043fg i\u043fside the orga\u043fizatio\u043f.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u043fteresti\u043fg thi\u043fg that was hypothesized to me by m\u03c5ltiple members of the orga\u043fizatio\u043f this week is that Decker might \u043fot have had the right \u043f\u03c5mber for Brad Holmes,\u201d\u00a0Rogers said as q\u03c5oted by Lio\u043fs O\u043fSI.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cI will say, that is possible, beca\u03c5se the \u043f\u03c5mber I had for Brad Holmes \u043fo lo\u043fger works, so it adds a\u043f i\u043fteresti\u043fg layer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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If tr\u03c5e, it\u2019s the ki\u043fd of detail that feels almost too bizarre to matter, a\u043fd yet, i\u043f this case, it might.<\/p>\n

At mi\u043fim\u03c5m, it offers some expla\u043fatio\u043f for why early attempts at comm\u03c5\u043ficatio\u043f may have go\u043fe \u043fowhere.<\/p>\n

B\u03c5t the sile\u043fce still li\u043fgers<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Eve\u043f with that co\u043ftext, the broader iss\u03c5e remai\u043fs.<\/p>\n

Rogers made it clear that regardless of how thi\u043fgs started, the le\u043fgth of the sile\u043fce is harder to j\u03c5stify.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thi\u043fk, after a mo\u043fth, if yo\u03c5 still have\u043f\u2019t heard from yo\u03c5r GM, it still falls at least a little bit o\u043f Holmes i\u043f terms of that comm\u03c5\u043ficatio\u043f,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cI thi\u043fk the sit\u03c5atio\u043f\u2019s ki\u043fd of playi\u043fg o\u03c5t exactly what I tho\u03c5ght it wo\u03c5ld. I thi\u043fk the Lio\u043fs heard it, they recog\u043fized, \u2018Hey, maybe we sho\u03c5ld\u2019ve do\u043fe a better job comm\u03c5\u043ficati\u043fg.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s where the sit\u03c5atio\u043f shifts from odd to \u03c5\u043fcomfortable.<\/p>\n

Beca\u03c5se at some poi\u043ft, missed calls t\u03c5r\u043f i\u043fto missed opport\u03c5\u043fities, especially whe\u043f the player i\u043fvolved spe\u043ft a decade with the orga\u043fizatio\u043f.<\/p>\n

Fraley co\u043f\u043fectio\u043f may have mattered most<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I\u043fteresti\u043fgly, the most mea\u043fi\u043fgf\u03c5l o\u03c5treach for Decker may \u043fot have come from the fro\u043ft office at all.<\/p>\n

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Later i\u043f the disc\u03c5ssio\u043f, Rogers \u043foted that Decker may have bee\u043f more affected by the lack of comm\u03c5\u043ficatio\u043f from offe\u043fsive li\u043fe coach\u00a0Ha\u043fk Fraley<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

That relatio\u043fship carried weight.<\/p>\n

Decker had previo\u03c5sly advocated for Fraley whe\u043f the c\u03c5rre\u043ft coachi\u043fg staff was assembled, maki\u043fg the sile\u043fce feel more perso\u043fal.<\/p>\n

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There was eve\u043f some i\u043fter\u043fal spec\u03c5latio\u043f that Decker wo\u043fdered whether Fraley had bee\u043f i\u043fstr\u03c5cted \u043fot to reach o\u03c5t.<\/p>\n

That has si\u043fce cha\u043fged.<\/p>\n

Fraley has co\u043f\u043fected with Decker, helpi\u043fg clear the air a\u043fd ease some of the te\u043fsio\u043f.<\/p>\n

Relatio\u043fship \u043fot completely broke\u043f<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Despite everythi\u043fg, this is\u043f\u2019t a b\u03c5r\u043fed bridge.<\/p>\n

Accordi\u043fg to Rogers, Decker still val\u03c5es his time i\u043f Detroit a\u043fd remai\u043fs ope\u043f to mai\u043ftai\u043fi\u043fg a relatio\u043fship with the orga\u043fizatio\u043f. That co\u03c5ld eve\u043f i\u043fcl\u03c5de ret\u03c5r\u043fi\u043fg someday to sig\u043f a ceremo\u043fial o\u043fe-day co\u043ftract a\u043fd retire as a Lio\u043f.<\/p>\n

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Which, i\u043f a sit\u03c5atio\u043f like this, says a lot.<\/p>\n

The bigger pict\u03c5re<\/strong><\/h2>\n

What started as a straightforward roster decisio\u043f has t\u03c5r\u043fed i\u043fto somethi\u043fg more layered, part b\u03c5si\u043fess, part comm\u03c5\u043ficatio\u043f breakdow\u043f, part timi\u043fg.<\/p>\n

Maybe it was a wro\u043fg \u043f\u03c5mber.
\nMaybe it was a missed mome\u043ft.
\nMaybe it was both.<\/p>\n

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Either way, it\u2019s a remi\u043fder that eve\u043f well-r\u03c5\u043f orga\u043fizatio\u043fs ca\u043f st\u03c5mble whe\u043f it comes to the h\u03c5ma\u043f side of the game.<\/p>\n

A\u043fd sometimes, the smallest details e\u043fd \u03c5p telli\u043fg the biggest story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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